Johannesburg SOWETAN in English 12 Jul 82 p 1

[Article by Willie Bokala]

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THE REV Frank Chi-
kane, the outspoken
Apostolic Faith Mission!
Church priest who was
detained last year and
suspended by authorities
in his church for “‘politi-
cal involvement”, has
been freed by Security
Police.

Mr Chikane has now
been subpoenaed to ap-
pear before a Johannes-
burg magistrate to
answer questions on
Thursday.

His release from de-
tention comes at the
same time as an an-
nouncement by his con-
gregation at the Kagiso
branch of the church
that they were-not pre-
pared to allow any other.
priest to take over his ;
duties.

~~Sif@E “Mr Chikane’s
-suspension fromthe
church and his deten-
tion, the congregation
have fought with the ex-
ecutive council to keep
the mission’s new ap-
pointee, the Rev I
Mankge, from taking up

SECURITY POLICE RELEASE REVEREND CHIKANE
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duties in Krugersdorp.

Only last weekend,
the District Council of
the AFM suspended the
mission’s church board
to enable Pastor
Mankge tottake over.

Members of the con-
gregation revealed yes-
terday that, since the
suspension of Mr Chi-
kane and the appoint-
ment of Mr Mankge, no.
proper service had been
held’ at the church be-
cause the people refused
to recognise the new
priest.

The district council
and the executive have
in turn’ dissolved the
church committee
board, fired several
church elders, and
evicted Mr Chikane’s
wife from the mission
house, to make way for
Mr Mankge.

Mr Chikane was de-
tained on November 20
last year and was kept at
the Jabulani Police Sta-
tion, Mondeor and John
Vorster Square duting

his 230-day stay in de-
tention without trial... ..

SOUTH AFRICA


NUNOO-MENSAH MEETS WITH OIL DRILLING COMPANY PRESIDENT

Accra GHANAIAN TIMES in English 1 Jul 82 p 8

[Article by Raymond Harry Reynolds]

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RIGADIER Joseph Nunoo~
: Mensah, Chief of Detence
Suuff, yesterday said that “auy
tninking that the country can
do without private participa-

\tion is not correct”.

However,. he made it clear
that the country must ensure
that a due share is given to
her in every investment made
here,

The CDS made these re-
marks yesterday at a meeting
in his office with Mr Harper
A. High, president and chief
executive Officer of Agri-Petco
International, the US-based
firm currently drilling for oil
off the coast of Saltpond.

The CDs, who is alsc a mem-
ber of the PNDC, uged Gha-
naians to understand that the
country’s resources would be
meaningless to them unless
they were put into proper use
for their benefit.

He assured Mr High that
the Government would ensure
the protection and safety of
the company’s employees. He
further assured him that inves-
tigations \ would be conducted
into a report that scme un-
identified armed men harras-
sed the company’s employees
at their Tema warehouse on
June 16, this year.

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The CDS asked the press to
create through their reporting,
the necessary atmosphere that
would encourage investment.

Earlier, Mr High had. disclo-
sed that Agri-Petco was pro-
ducing 1,250 barrels of crude
oil_a day.

The president said the com-
pany had planned to drill two
additional wells in the country
at an estimated cost of be-
tween 50 and 60 million US
dollars.

He said his visit to the coun-
try was the result of a telex
he received on alleged harrass.
ment of his staff at, Tema and
also “talks of nationalization
of the oil company”.

Mr High said every month,
a complete report on the com-
vany’s activities at Saltpond is
sent to the Petroleum Depart-
ment Ministry of Fuel and
Power, Land and Natural Re-
sources and the Geological
Survey Department, These re-
ports are always checked up
bv Ghanaian officials.

The president gave the assu-
rance that Agri-Petco would
continue developing the Salt-
pond oil, and therefore asked
the Government, to advise it
whenever the company’s activi-
ties clashed with Ghana’s inte-
rest.

GHANA



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SOUTH AFRICA

CAPE TOWN UNIVERSITY OFFICIAL ON ACADEMIC FREEDOM

Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 15 Jul 82 p 10

[text]

CSO:

CAPE TOWN. — Open universities
were those universities which
upheld university autonomy and
academic freedom and which ac-
tively sought to he non-racial in
every respect, the principal of the
University of Cape Town, DR S J
Saunders, said.

Speaking at the conference of the
University teachers’ Association of
South Africa, Dr Saunders said
open universities would find the ad-
dition of race as a criterion for ad-
mission unacceptable in principle
and distasteful to administer.

“We would reject it out of hand.

The open universities accept that
membership of their staff and stu-
dents must be based on scholarship
and are unafraid if, as a conse-
quence, their characters should
change.
- “No university need fear admit-
ting an intelligent student whether
he be White, Brown, Yellow or
Black.

“On the other hand, every univer-
sity ought to fear having students
who are less than able academically
especially if their admission to the
university is favoured because of
their race.”

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Dr Saunders said ethnicity was ir-
relevant in the formulation of edu-
cational policy and practice.

There should be no doubt that
nothing short of full restoration of
the right of university councils to
decide who should be admitted to
their institutions and the removal
of race as a criterion for admission
would be acceptable to open univer-
sities, he said. _

It was essential that this step be
taken speedily and that no half-
measures be introduced, he added.

“J view with alarm the creation of-,
Venda University and the possibili-
ty that other universities may be
created in this part of the world.

“Institutions of other kinds —
yes, but more universities in the
foreseeable future — no.

“I do not believe we have the op-
portunities to recruit enough aca-
demic staff of sufficient standard
to ensure that true university stan-
dards cau be maintained if addit-
ional universities are created.

“Indeed, I believe that standards
are already threatened by these de-
velopments,” Dr Saunders said. —
Sapa.



SOUTH AFRICA

BRIEFS

TUTUKA POWER PLANT--Substantial progress has been made on Escom's new

R2 000-million Tutuka power station near Standerton with the silhouettes of
the boiler house support structures, the turbo-generator block and the more
recently begun cooling towers making an impressive sight from the min
Standerton-Bethal road, Tutuka is one of the new generation of power
stations being built for Escom in the Eastern Transvaal, and is similar in
design to the Duvha power station near Witbank, It will use a wet cooling
system and a 75 percent load factor will require some 10-million tons of
coal a year--which will be supplied by Anglo-American's New Denmark colliery
nearby, Its normal water requirements, supplied from the Grootdraaidam onp
the Vaal, would be approximately 155 000 m’ a day, (including the colliery's
requirements) rising to a maximum of 205 000 m’, The first of Tutuka's six
609 ni¥ units is scheduled for completion by March 1985, The remaining five
units will follow at 9-month intervals with the final unit being due for
handover in September 1989. The station's entire generating capacity will
be fed into the national grid, The min civils contractors at Tutuka are
CMcGM of the Group Five Engineering group who moved on site just over a year
ago. [Text] [Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 13 Jul 82 p 23]

SASOL THREE PRODUCTION--SASOL Three at Secunda started producing marketable
fuels on a continuous basis this week when the last phase, the refinery, was
brought on line. The first crude oil was produced on May 10 this year,
according to a statement issued by Sasol in Johannesburg yesterday. The
first petrol, diesel and kerosene (jet fuel and paraffin) started flowing
into the storage tanks only days before the date determined back in March
1979, The plant, planned at a cost of R3,276-million, was also completed
inside the budget, Bringing Sasol Three on line coincides with the expan-
sion programme announced for Sasol's blue pump which by the end of the year
will be available in about 40 Eastern Transvaal and Free State towns for
the first time, About 200 blue pumps will be erected in towns in a 80 km
radius of Secunda, Warden and Middleburg. [Text] [Johannesburg THE CITIZEN
in English 10 Jul 82 p 3]

AZAPO APPLAUDS BOYCOTT--The Azanian Peoples’ Organisation (AZAPO) said in a
statement issued in Johannesburg yesterday it applauded the stand of those
overseas organisations and countries which refused to have sporting links
with South Africa. Mr Ishmael Mkhabela, Azapo publicity secretary told Sapa
this would put pressure on the government to bring about fundamental changes
in the country. The view of "Black progressive and patriotic forces both

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only indirectly related to UAC via their
Paris subsidiary. Gabon, over the years,
has made various overtures towards Lon-
don, opening an embassy in 1962, closing it
in 1964, re-opening in 1968, but it was only
with the decision of the British to open a
two-man mini-mission in Gabon in 1978
that relations began to enter their present
happy state. Some of the credit must go to
Christopher Macrae, the first Ambassador,
(who is now the head of the West Africa
Department in the Foreign Office). There
have been a series of visits in both direc-
tions, culminating in that of President
Bongo to London in 1980, a much more
successful exercise than an earlier rather
unproductive visit in the early 1970s. At
the moment, it must be added, the psycho-
logical atmosphere is right, for Bongo’s
Gabon is reportedly not very enchanted
with the Socialist government in Paris, and
has certainly stepped up its attempts to
diversify its relations since last year. But
the process did start before, and relates as
much to a belated awakening in Britain.

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DETAILS ON LABOR UNREST AT MINES GIVEN

Racial Remarks

Johannesburg SOWETAN in English 13 Jul 82 pp 4, 7

[Article by Sello Rabothatal

[text]

SOUTH-AFRICA’s social problems were brought to '

the fore earlier this month with the mines being the
focal point of labour unrest — different reasons were
given for the turmoil and labour observers are still in
the dark as to the real cause.

Among the reasons advanced for the unrest in the
mines in Kloof, West. Driefontein and East Driefon-

tein in Westonaria, and Grootvlei in Springs. are:-

rumours and misconceptions, tribalism.. wage in-
creases and miner “status” causing jealousy.

According to mine officials, rumours were started’
by maybe 100 miners in a hostel spreading unrest to
the other 10 000. Dissatisfaction with wage increases
is another ‘cause which also has its roots in the fact
that black miners have no union representation
whatsoever. Wage increases decided by mine autho-
rities are non-negotiable. Miner “status” is said to
be causing a group of miners to be jealous of new.
high rates of pay going to their colleagues.

After the week of unrest at the mines the list of
casualties reads: 1 400 miners sent back to their
homelands from Kloof, 1 083 sent back from West
Driefontein, 200 sent back from, East Driefontein.
75 miners were arrested and 10 are reported dead.

There may be a 101 reasons for all the unrest, but
one of the most important is the insensitivity and
racial tones of mine officials and authorities. Some
of the statements they made at the height of the
upheavals were also a causéfor the number of work-
ers sent back home.

Secretary of the white Mine Workers’ Union Mr
Arrie Paulos, of the “blacks are like baboons” fame,
said: “WI miners were ‘against’ black miners.
and if they did not like the jobs they were allowed to
do on ‘white’ South African mines. they should go
and look for jobs in their own homelands.”

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SOUTH AFRICA



Drunken Driving Rife

GROSS and vast abuse of of! Government
transport — and a very high accident rate caused
mainly by drunken driving — were uncovered by
Mr Tarr’s department in its investigations.

He said there was an “alarming rate at which
Government vehicles are involved in accidents due
to drunken driving, excessive speeds and so on.”

Statistics showed that of 137 pool vehicles, 20
were completely written off in one six month
period alone, costing the Government R125 234.

Drunken driving of Government vehicles was
linked with unauthorised use of the vehicles, and

'Ruthless' Action Will Be Taken

THE. Minister of Fi-
mance of Lesotho, Mr
Khetla Thabo Joshua
Rakhetla, is very upset
about the corruption
and bad administration
in his country’s govern-
ment.

He has, it was learnt
yesterday, laid it on the
line to the country’s
chartered accountants,
‘Known there as public
accountants, and war-
ned of “ruthless” action
against corrupt offic-
ials in future.

Strange Fertiliser Deal

disinterest by control officials in checking and con-
trolling the use of the vehicles.

Linked with this, were excessive motor mileage
claims with audit inspections revealing that offic-
ials claimed far more than the actual motor mile-
ages they had travelled.

In many cases, mileages claimed were “ridicu-
lously high” and “bearing no relevance to the dis-
tances and places.”

Again on the accident front, he said, losses and
vehicle accidents at a cost totalling more than
R430 000 were reported between September 1975
and August 1978. :

Mr Rakhetla spoke at
a Lesotho Institute of
Accountants function
last month, saying he
“viewed with growing
concern the appalling
standards of financial
propity and accounting
standards in Govern-
ment and parastatal
institutions”.

He said he bad been’

a growing ‘litany’ of in-
adequate financial con-
trol and reckless squan-
deri public.
funds”.

lion worth of fertiliser
received free by the
country from the Food
and Agricultural Orga-
nisation.

the Fertiliser, " worth
nearly Rl-million in
United States dollars,

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GOVERNMENT NEEDS INCOME, PROSPECTS BLEAK

Harare THE FINANCIAL GAZETTE in English 2 Jul 82 p 4

[Editoria1]

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WHEN Budget Day draws near, speculation on the
actions the Minister of Finance may take becomes
rife. Much of it is alarmist, as if by expressing fears
of the worst that can happen, the impact of any pos-
sible measure is minimised.

One thing is certain, however, and it is that Gov-
ernment needs more money. Just where this is to
come from would require a crystal ball we do not
possess, but it is to be hoped that higher taxation for
the business sector is not envisaged.

Government, on present tax levels, is unlikely to
receive the income in the 1982-3 year that it did
during 1981-2. Foreign exchange cuts, lower produc-
tivity, higher wages, crippling interest rates and los-
ses of productive skills are slowing down the business
machine. If further tax increases are levied, the in-
centive to expand and invest will be lessened, and the
tax yield will reduced. The private sector is not a
milch-cow that never runs dry.

The prospect for Government is bleak, for it must
be evident to the Treasury economists that cuts in
development programmes will have to be made, or
the rate of development slowed.

Political promises have been made, and it may not
be possible to meet them all. However this is not a
position that is unique to Zimbabwe — few politi-
cians implement their election manifestos in full.

The Government’s attitude to business is’ well
known — it is a thinly disguised tolerance. Yet if this
sector is regarded as a bottomless source of revenue,
our financial leaders may find that they are dange-
rously eroding the tax base.on which the majority of
their future plans depend.

At present, commerce and industry are hard pres-
sed — the mining sector particularly is in a parlous
state. If taxes are increased the Government may find
that they will merely be collecting a higher percentage
of a smaller sum.

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mote its arms industry and
undermine the economic and
political position of countries
capable . of holding - their
grounds against its interests.

“The developing world.
should institute a permanent
committee of mediation under
the aeais of the Non-Aligned
Movement to settle conflicts
and prevent their re-occuren-
ce.” .

Mr Sinon had started his
speech by going through the
history of colonialism, neo-co-
fonialism, and imperialism
and the methods they used to
perpetuate themselves.

“Imperialism, racism, zio-
nism and reactionism are the
most formidable enemies of
the developing world and their
people as they promote divi-

‘sion and facilitate their ex-

loitation,” Mr Sinon warned.

“These enemies must be re-
sisted at all costs through a
programme of action that
should be suscribed by all

countries of the developing

world,” he added.

improve the peopie’s
consclousness
Meanwhile, Mr. Sinon has
encouraged SPPF branches
to make a greater effort to de
velop political activities in

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their respective districts so as
to continually improve the
ideological and political con-
sciouness of the people. _
in a meeting with branch
officials — just before his de-
parture for Tripoli — to dis-
cuss the status of SPPF bran-

.ches vis-a-vis the Government,

the people and national de-
velopment, Mr. Sinon said
that the branches should pay
constant attention to the wish-
es and feelings of the people ;
take the lead in organising,
politicising.and motivating the
people of the districts; en-
courage the spirit of initiative
among them and defend the
ideology of the Front.

After all, the Secretary Ge-
nera! continved, the branches
had a leading role in supervis-
ing and, to a certain extent,
oroanising community life at
district level.

He also urged greater con-
tact between branch commit
tees and the people in consi-
dering bills of law as well as
in other political activities.

SAP



CAPE SQUATTERS WIN THEIR FIRST ROUND

Johannesburg SOWETAN in English 8 Jul 82 p 1

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THE. year-long strug-
gle by about 700 squat-
ters for legal status in
the Western Cape took
@ dramatic: turn on
Tuesday when about
100 were given permis-
‘sion by the administra-
tion board to erect tem-
porary homes near
Crossroads.

The site is only 30
metres from the his-
toric No-Name squat-
ter camp from which
their battle to live
legally in the Western

Cape with their fami-

lies started.

They were yesterday
joined by a further 200
of the 700 squatters
who are presently..be-
ing considered for
tegal status in the
Western Cape. !

The hundred were
granted permission to
erect shelters after be-
ing evicted from the
grounds of the Holy
Cross Church in
Nyanga.

The church council

felt it was the Govern-
ment’s responsibility
to house them.
Tuesday's decision
to allow people to
move to another site

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followed a meeting be-
tween the chief com-
missioner of the West-
ern Cape,.Mr Timo
Bezuidenhoud, and
Tepresentatives. of the
squatters. :

Mr Bezuidenhoud
told squatters he
would consider a re-
quest by them to erect _
temporary wood-and-
iron structures. The
people moved Tuesday
night, and by yester-
day a small squatter
settlement had mush-
roomed.

Mr Theophilis Tayo,
a squatter committee
member, said the ad-
ministration board had
allocated the site yes:
terday and promised to
return later to erect
water and ablution
facilities.

Alb are from the
group of about 700
that Dr Piet Koornhof,

Minister of Co-opera--

tion and Devel-
opment, agreed to
consider for legal sta-
tus.

And the date for a

final decision is Sep-
tember 20.

SOUTH AFRICA


KALANGULA RULES OUT

‘INTERNAL SETTLEMENT!

NAMIBIA

Windhoek THE WINDHOEK ADVERTISER in English 6 Jul 82 pl

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THE CDA will par-
ticipate in an internally-
supervised election next
year but it will not agree
to an ‘internal  set-
tlement’ in SWA.

This was made clear
yesterday by the party’s
leader, Mr _ . Peter
Kalangula.

He was in Windhoek on
party business and was in-
terviewed by The Adver-
tiser. Mr ‘ Kalangula
returned to Owambo this
morning.

Mr Kalangula said
however that all indica-
tions were that an inter-
nationally supervised elec-
tion will take place and the
CDA is planning accor-
dingly.

But if Swapo does not
participate and the election
is internally supervised, the
CDA will contest it to
end ‘ethnic apartheid’ in
SWA -and_ to have the

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situation renegotiated such
that Swapo does participate
and independence is inter-
nationally recognised.

Mr Kalangula expressed
concern however that both
SA and the Western Con-
tact Group are keeping the
internal parties in the dark
concerning the latest inter-
national developments con-
cerning SWA.

“I don’t know what they
need - to hide about
Namibia,” he said.

Similar sentiments were
expressed by the Coloured”
Labour Party and Damara
Raad a fortnight ago in
telegrams to the UN
Secretary-General and SA
Prime Minister.

On the other hand Mr
Kalangula conceded that it
might be difficult at this
stage to get Swapo to par-
ticipate in an election and
said he appreciated the ef-
forts by all those con-
cerned to bring Swapo in.

Mr Kalangula said that
his party had not yet

started campaigning but
would start as soon as the
way to an election was
clear.

“We don’t have the
resources to campaign
aimlessly,” he said.

He said the CDA hoped:
to set up offices all round
the country and he dismis-
sed allegations that the
CDA was intended to be a
purely Owambo-based

party.

“Sure, I am an Owambo:
and the greater part of my
personal following 8
Owambo, but that does not
mean that I don’t want the
party to be open to and
supported by all. That is
the reason I felt uncomfor-
table in the DTA. I didn’t
like the barriers and T
wanted it ae be a single

arty for all.”

P Mr Kalangula also dis-
missed allegations that the
CDA was an Owambo
nationalist party aimed at
CQwambo domination of
the country.



TUTU STAND ON MERCENARIES, KWAZULU PRAISED

SOUTH AFRICA

Johannesburg SOWETAN in English 13 Jul 82 p 4

[Editorial: "A True Man of the Church"]

[Text]

CSO:

IT IS our fervent hope that those
who have been’ castigating Bishop
Desmond Tutu will in future view
his courageous stand for justice ina
different light.”

Two significant events prompt
us to this view. The first is Bishop
Tutu’s appeal to President Rene of
the Seychelles to commute the death
sentences on four mercenaries, who,
were found guilty of treason -after-
the attempted coup on the islands.

The second is Bishop Tutu’s stand
supporting KwaZulu and Chief
Gatsha Buthelezi. on the contro-.
versial land issue.

The position now is that even the
most rabid anti-Tutu factions are
seeing in true perspective Bishop
Tutu’s stance as a Christian and not
a political opportunist. Those who

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are not perceptive enough would
long have seen that Bishop Tutu’s
so-called activism has nothing to do
with political ambition. He speaks.
out like a man of the church, and
does not. mince his words or indulge
in the verbal gymnastics so typical of
politicians.

We can go even further. Bishop
Tutu does not view justice and
reconciliation in terms of scoring
political points or in terms of colour.
Many black radicals will be angered
by his support for those mercen-
aries, but that does not stop him
from taking the courageous step.

Chief Buthelezi himself has
‘commented that Bishop Tutu was
among the few blacks who have
come out in his support against the
excision of Ingwavuma from South
“Africa: ae



GOVERNMENT CONTEMPLATES BUYING INTO ISSELS

Harare THE HERALD in English 8 Jul 82 p 1

[Article by David Linsel1]

[text]

THE Government,
through its Industrial
Development Corpora-
tion, is considering
buying a stake in Bul-
awayo specialist engin-
eers and founders F.

Issels & Son Ltd.

- Major British share-~
hoidera John Brown and
Company are understood
to have offered their en-
tire 51 percent stake for
sale, but the Government
ts: said to be only inter-
ested in acquiring up to
30 percent of this holding.
t ie other major inter-
est is held by the Harry
Issels Trust and In-
yvestment Company, and’
controled by his de-
ecendants. It holds about
34,5 percent of F. Issels’
equity, the remainder
being in the hands of the
late Harry Issels’ family:

NO PART

A spokesman for F.

Issels & Son said that he
was aware of the British
company’s wish to
invest, but the board of
directors had no part, in
the negotiations.
**“Tt {sg an entirely
private negotiation be-
tween John Brown and
Company and the Govern-
ment,” he said,

The Ministry of
Finance, Economic Plan-
ning and Development
would not comment. .

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99

It is understood that an
official announcement will
be made soon.

The link between the
Bulawayo-based company,
established in 1938, goes
back to 1948, when John
Brown and Company
pought a 49,5 percent
stake in the fledgling con-
eern. But within five
mn the British group

ad taken a controlling
interest.

i: B, Issels & Son has an
Authorised capital of
$2730000 divided into 1,3
‘million ordinary $2 shares
and | 65000 6 percent
q@umulative preference $2
Shares, of which 1296 000
ordinary and all the
preference shares have
been issued.

But there are other lar-
ger deals, still in the
pipeline.

i Almost a year age the
Government announced
‘that it was taking a 42,6
reent stake in CAPS
foldings by buying out
the interests of the
Graham family which
founded the group, in a
deal worth $4 million:

Yet despite winning a
Supreme Court judgment
on May 19, which allowed
the deal to go ahead, the
shares have still not been
taken up.

CAPS announced
another set of record
figures in its annual
resulta on Tuesday.

For the year ended
March 31, turnover rose

ZIMBABWE



SIERRA

CORRESPONDENT REPORTS ELECTIONS NEARLY COMPLETE

London WEST AFRICA in English 12 Jul 82 p 1810

[text]

| ELECTIONS were cancelled in thirteen
of the eighty-five constituencies during
the May elections due to serious irregular-
ities. After nominations closed for
the by-elections on June 11, four candi-
dates were declared unopposed by the
Electoral Commission. They were Philip-
son Kamara, a scientist from Koinadugu
‘West who was first elected to Parliament in
1977 and appointed High Commissioner to
Ghana; Mr. Alex Koroma, a businessman
of Rotifunk who will represent Moyamba
West I; the former Leader of the House
Tom Smith for Bonthe South; and Abu
Bakarr Kamara who was returned un-
opposed for Freetown Central I consti-
tuency since the incumbent, Mr. Alfred
Akibo-Betts and the other candidate, Mr.
W. Morgan, failed to tum up for the
nomination.

Mr. Abu Bakarr Kamara who was prin-
cipal of Ahmadiya Secondary School in
Freetown had originally proposed to run
against Dr. Abass Chernor Bundu in Port
Loko North-East, but was prevailed upon
to step down so that Dr. Bundu, who had
left his lucrative Commonwealth secretar-
iat post, would enjoy the “privilege and
prestige” of being returned unopposed. In
fact, the harassment of Mr. Alfred Akibo-
Betts who had fallen out of favour with the
party is seen as having been a deliberate
move by the party authorities to get him
out of the way and to compensate Mr. Abu
Bakarr Kamara by imposing him on
Freetown Central I.

A week before the by-elections, a fifth
candidate, Mr. E. R. Ndomahina, former
principal of Bo Teachers’ College, was also
declared unopposed to represent Moyam-
ba North constituency. A tough education

40

administrator and strict disciplinarian, Mr.
Ndomahina had been tipped for the post of
Minister of Education since he had de-
clared his intention to contest the elec-
tions.

By-elections were duly held in the re-
maining eight constituencies, but one of
them, Koinadugu North was announced to
have been cancelled at the end of polling
due to “lack of security and serious irregu-
larities.” This constituency had been the
scene of violence and bitter conflicts be-
tween supporters of the two candidates,
former Labour Minister, Mr. A. B. M.
Kamara and an engineer, Mr. Alpha Bar-
rie, during the pre-by-election campaign.

According to reports from the consti-
tuency, the campaign had in fact developed
into tribal divisions between the Yalunkas
and the Fullahs, the former supporting Mr.
Kamara, and the latter, Mr. Barrie. Mr. A.
B. M. Kamara, 53, is a school teacher
by profession, and has been one of the
longest serving cabinet ministers in the
Siaka Stevens government.

The by-election in Freetown East consti-

_tuency was won by Alhaji Chernor Maju,
former special parliamentary assistant in
the Office of the First Vice-President.

Mr. Sylvanus S. Kamara. a graduate
engineer, otherwise known as Murado,
swept the polls in the controversial
Freetown West II with 6,646 votes to beat
Thomas Conteh who polled 1,193 votes
and Dr. Lahai Conteh, 1,046 votes.

In Tonkolili Central, a prosperous
businessman, Musa Komeh, emerged as
the winning candidate with 20,732 votes
against the former MP for the area, Moses
Kamara, who polled 2,693 votes.

In Kono West, Mr. S. E. Gbomor, who



MUGABE DENOUNCES RACISM, BLACK OR WHITE

Harare THE HERALD in English 6 Jul 82 p 1

[text]

RACISM practised by either black or white is unacceptable in
Zimbabwe, says the Prime Minister, Mr Mugabe.

Speaking in Harare to 16 visiting pupils from the Dick Shepherd
School in London’s mainly black suburb of Brixton, he said the armed
struggle here had not been waged against whites, but against an unjust

system.

“We did not fight the
whites just because they
were white,” he told
them. “We fought the
system they were trying
to uphold.”

Brixton, where almost
half: the youngsters are
unemployed and where
the people feel strongly
that they are unfairly op-
pressed by police, was the
scene of vicious street
fighting between blacks,
aided by some white
youths, and. police last
year.

‘Mr Mugabe told them:
“In this country, we re-
fused to allow colour to
be used as the basis. for
everything.”

Earlier, they had been
told by President Banana
that it. was “unfortunate
and primitive” for people
to despise each other be-
cause of skin colour.

The struggle in Zimba-
bwe, he said, had been a
“human struggle in which
people tried to discover
themselves, and it was a
struggle which taught. us
many lessons”.

Taking up that theme,
the Prime Minister said
that to his. Government
the colour of people was
incidental. Mr Ian Smith

cso: 4700/1574

had not chosen to be
white, nor had Bishop
Abel Muzorewa chosen to
be black . . . “although
he might haye chosen to
be a puppet”.
- Before , embarking on
reconstruction and re-
habilitation after the war,
the Government had to
create the necessary
atmosphere of reconcilia-
tion.

Some had believed that
people like Bishop Muzo-

rewa would be stot after,

independence, but the
Government had been more
realistic.

“The war was over, and
those who had fought
against us could not be
regarded as enemies unless
they tried to resuscitate
the past order.”

His Government had
harassed nobody on the
basis of colour, amd be-
Heved that if it Kept up
the direction it had chosen,
it would unite Zimbabwe's
people.

‘There was already far
less racial feeling among
youngsters, who went to
achool together and mixed
freely.

82

Zimbabwe's only enemy
was South Africa, because
“we don’t accept a situa-
tion where people oppress
each other on the basis of
colour, ;

“When the struggle in
South Africa and Namibia
sueceeds there will be no
racialism in those areas.”

A ‘situation — which
allowed only 4000 farm-
ers to own half of the
land was unacceptable,
hence the land redistribu-
tion programme. Zimba-
bwe had good relations
with Britain, which was
helping the country in its
resettlement programme.

“We believe there
should be a system ac-
companying the redistri-
bution of Iand which will
ensure that it succeeds,
But the process will take
us some time,” he said.

Outlining development
plans the Prime Minister
said that every minister
had submitted his three-
year development plan and
the projected budget for
the national transitional
development exercise was

ZIMBABWE

$4.5 billion.

Part of the money would
come from the Zimcord
fund but the rest from the
public and private sectors.

“we nope the plan will
help us build socialism,”
he said.

‘The Government had no
intention of nationalising
multi-national firms, but
would like State participa-
tion in some concerns:

Only in partnership, not
in {solation, could the
country uplift the lives of
its people.

But Zimbabwe was &
non-aligned country, and
would not accept anybody
dictating terms to it,

Earlier, the President
told the youngsters that
while the past could not
be forgotten, people could
forgive the wrongs of the
past.

‘The country was com-
mitted to the complete
eradication of all forms
of racism, and what it
was trying to achieve
might be a lesson to other
communities with
same problems.



WEEKLY WRAP-UP OF NON-ENGLISH PRESS

ETHIOPIA

Windhoek THE WINDHOEK ADVERTISER in English 4 Jul 82 p 3

[Article by Dereje Balcha in colum Views, Comments, Opinions]

[text]

Topical as it was, the Second Con-
gress of the All Ethiopie Trade Union
(AETU) attained wide ~coverage by
the Ethiopian press over the week.
Serto Ader, organ of the Central

Committee of COPWE gave the con- °

gress full coverage in its editorial
and its prominent front page news
report. In its editorial, the paper un-
derlined the glorious victories achiev-
ed over the past eight years of bitter

elass struggle through sacrifiees paid”

by genuine revolutionaries and the
hroad masses of the country.

The victories thus far achieved,
the paper noted, serve as a spring.
board towards achieving further
gains and the AETU Second Congress
which met in accordance with the pro-
elamation issued to reorganize and

restructure AETU and AEPA is one
such example, In this connection,

_ Serto Ader outlined the historical de-

velopment of the struggle of Ethio-
pian workers and the part they play-
ed at the time the Motherland and
the Revolution were challenged by
internal reaction and external ag-
gression.

Finally, the organ of the CC of
COPWE made note of the present or-
ganizational strength of AETU and
its imternational recognition as &
member of the international body of
workers, World Federation of Trade
Unions (WFTU) and member of the
Presidium of the same body. The

duty of AETU does not end at dis-

cussing the temporary interests of
Ethiopian workers, but rather to strug-


Alitalia Resuming Rome-Accra Flights
(Elvis D. Aryeh; DAILY GRAPHIC, 9 Jul 82).....+seeeeeeeeeeee 18

Fuel Ministry Announces Fuel Allocation Cuts
(GHANAIAN TIMES, 5 Jul 82).....sccceeceeccecccrerceeececes - 19

Nunoo-Mensah Meets With Oil Drilling Company President
(Raymond Harry Reynolds; GHANAIAN TIMES, 1 Jul 82)......... 20

Hydroelectric Power Capacity Increase
(DAILY GRAPHIC, 2 Jul 82)....cecccceceececccccceeeveseseces 21

Farmers Voluntarily Reduce Producer Price of Cocoa

(GHANAIAN TIMES, 7 Jul 82). ...cceceeeeeesseccecceennee woeee 22
Briefs
Possible Cocoa Production Decline 23
Upper Region Drought 23
GUINEA
Results of Sekou Toure's US Visit Noted
(Eddie Momoh; WEST AFRICA, 12 Jul 82)......... see eee eeeee 24
LESOTHO
Public Service Riddled With Corruption
(Keith Abendroth; THE CITIZEN, 15 Jul 82).. 25
Briefs
ANC Men Held 28
MAURITIUS
Briefs
To Become Republic 29
NAMIBIA
Kalangula Rules Out ‘Internal Settlement!
(THE WINDHOEK ADVERTISER, 6 Jul 82)....... see ee ee eeee 30
RP Calls for Stricter Control of SA Politicians in SWA
(THE WINDHOEK ADVERTISER, 13 Jul 82)......... sees 31
SEYCHELLES

SPPF Leader Stresses Nonaligned Movement, Anti-Imperialism
(NATION, 19 Jun 82)........2-00- eee cece een eens sen eeeee 32



SEYCHELLES

NWU DELEGATION RETURNS FROM SEMINAR IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA

Victoria NATION in English 24 Jun 82 p 2

[text]

A FOUR-MEMBER delegation
from the National Workers
Unicn, led by the Permanent
Negctiator Mike Mémé, re
turned. to the Republic last
weekend after a 43-day semi-
nar in Czechoslovakia.

The involvement of a trade
union in the development of a
socialist society was the ge
neral topic ‘discussed during
the seminar which was held
in Nertovice, a suburb of the
Czech capital, Prague. The
structure, importance and role
of such a union was shown
using Czechoslovakia’s strug-
gles during the First and Se-
cond World Wars to its po-

cso: 4700/1579

litical liberation’ in February
1948.

Mr. Mémé said that as Cze-
choslovakia had over 30 years
of experience in socialist con-
struction, the knowledge and
ideas that he and his collea-
gues gained during the semi-
nar would be very beneficial
to their own work in Seychel-
les which is actually in a tran-
sition period from capitalism
to socialism.

The most striking thing
about. the Revolutionary
Trade Urion Movement
(ROH) of Czechosicvakia,

Mr, Mémé added, was the co- ©

37

operation between workers
and managers. Each side in-
formed the other of any chan-
ges, gains or losses in their.
respective: work and shared
advice and ideas on how to
solve or imprcve problems.

The NWU delegation, which
included three sector secre-
taries —- Mr. Raymond Cla-
risse representing building
and construction, Mrs. Mary-
line Reginald representing
manufacturing industries and
Mr, Jeffrey Napier represent-
ing hotels and catering —
also inspected trade union
work in factories.

SAP


JOBS FOR 22 000 CREATED BY CED IN NATIONAL STATES

Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 14 Jul 82 p 25

[text]

DURING its 1981/82-
year, the Corporation
for Economic Develop-
ment (CED) created a
total of 21 738 employ-
ment opportunities in
the national states,
says the corporation’s
annual report now re-
leased.

“This success is attri-
buted to the CED’s
dustrial and agricul-
tural divisions and the
Passenger transport
companies under CED
control and manage
ment,” the report says.

In his report CED
managing director Dr J
Adendorff notes that
while he is grateful for
the progress made dur-
ing the past year, it is
obviously not . suffi-
cient.

He points out that
the average annual
growth rate of South-
ern Africa’s Black pop-
ulation is about 3,1 per-
cent and that about
260 000 employment op-
portunities, more than
half of which are in the
national states, have to
be created every year.

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By the end of the cen-
tury this figure could
increase to about
320 000 a year, he says.

“Each year the CED
has to rely increasingly
on borrowed funds to
finance development
because of a decrease in
available Government
funds. Funds thus have
to be borrowed on the
open capital market to
enable the CED to con-
tinue with the develop-
ment action.

_.“Despite. these prob-.
lems the corporation
was able to create 8 729
employment _opportu-
nities in the industrial
sector, 11562 in the
agricultural sector and
1 447 in the public pass-
enger transport  ser-
vices under its control
during the year.”

Dr Adendorff said it
is the contention of the
CED that homeland de-
velopment can only be
brought about by econ-
omic development with-
in the national states.

“The improved incen-

tives for the decentra-
lisation of industries

68

will stimulate industri-
al development within
the national states, and
the CED is thus con-
tinuing to establish the
necessary infrastruc.
ture to accommodate
this expected develop-
ment.

“Clear indications of
increased interest from
labour-intensive indus-
tries are already being
experienced,” he says.

In its annual report
the CED notes that its
annual financial re-
quirements are increas-
ing considerably. Its in-
vestment has increased
from 65505200 in
1979/80 to R216 001 472
in 1981/82.

“The corporation's
agricultural activities
are characterised by
three problems: a lack
of employment oppor-
tunities, a low income
level and a low produc-
tion intensity.

“Aa highlight of the
year under review was
the success achieved by
the CED's industrial es-
tablishment action. A
total of 42 industrial-
_ists were established in
the national states dur-

SOUTH AFRICA

ing the year, providing
employment opportu-
nities to 8 729 people.”

At the end of March,
1982, the report says,
the CED's total invest-
ment in industry total-
led B304-million, with
an estimated invest-
ment of R180-million
from the private sector.

“The transport sec

the past year the CED’s
bus fleet increased
from 1 865 in 1980/81 to
2222. The number of
passengers transported
increased by 18 percent
from 254-million to 306-
million.

According to the re-
port loans from abroad
amounted to R18,5-mil-
lion at end-March 1982,
while the total loan
stock issue amounted
to R111,7-million. Total
funds controlled by the
CED’s savings bank

amount to R238, iJ
lion —~ Sapa



TOO FEW SCIENTISTS--Stellenbosch--South Africa trains too few physicists
and imports far too much expensive knowhow, Dr C.F. Garbers, president of
the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research said in Cape Town,
Opening the 27th conference of the South African Institute of Physics at
Stellenbosch University, he said about a third of the scientists working in
South Africa were not South Africans. Quoting Lord Rutherford, he said:
‘We haven't the money, so we've got to think,"--Sapa [Text] fschannesburg
THE CITIZEN in English 14 Jul 82 p 5]

NEW FEED FACTORY--A R735 000 stock feed factory is to be erected shortly at
Isithebe, the fast growing industrial growthpoint 80 km north of Durban.
Finance and buildings are being provided by the Corporation for Economic
Development (CED) and 105 new employment opportunities will be created when
the factory starts operations, a statement by the CED said in Pretoria
yesterday.--Sapa [Text] [Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 15 Jul 82 p 24]

INGWAVUMA APPEAL DATE~-Bloemfontein--The appeal by the State against a
Pietermaritzburg Supreme Court order declaring invalid the proclamation
granting control of Ingwavuma to the Department of Cooperation and
Development will be heard by five Appeal Court judges in Bloemfontein on
August 18, The judges will hear argument from 9 am before deciding whether
the proclamation issued by the State President is to be put in force, The
appeal is the result of two decisions by the Pietermaritzburg Supreme Court
granting control of Ingwavuma to KwaZulu. A proclamation in a special
Government Gazette granted control of Ingwavuma to the Department of
Cooperation and Development, [Text] [Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English
15 Jul 82 p 3]

BANK STAFFS END STRIKE--Maseru--The two commercial banks operating in Lesotho
resumed their banking services throughout the country yesterday after a
three-day closure caused by a strike over working conditions, a statement
issued by the Union of Bank Employees in Maseru said yesterday, The bank
employees were dissatisfied with conditions laid down by the management of
the banks on overtime work, The problem was resolved yesterday after
discussions between the Minister of Economic Affairs Mr E.R. Sekhonyana and
representatives of the Union of Bank Employees and the bank managements.--
Sapa [Text] [Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 15 Jul 82 p 12]

THLOLOE ARRESTED~-Banned senior reporter of the SOWETAN Mr Joe Thloloe and
three other journalists arrested in a Security Police swoop two weeks ago

are being held under Section 29 of the Internal Security Act. Major W.J.

du Plessis, public relations officer for the SAP said yesterday that Mr
Thloloe, former executive member of the Media Workers' Association of SA
(Mwasa), and three other senior members, Messrs Quraish Patel, Vas Soni and
Mathata Tsedu had been held under Section 29 since last Friday, Other people
held under the new Act are Mr Trumann Mnguni, of Soweto, Miss Joyce Mokhesi
of Vereeniging and acting secretary of the Commercial Catering and Allied
Workers' Union (Ccawusa), and Mrs Victoria Makgetha, of Meadowlands in Soweto,
The detainees, all previously held under Section 22 of the General Law
Amendment Act, which allows for 14 Idays of detention incommunicado, were
transferred to detention under the Internal Security Act on July 2. This

Act (Section 29 of Act 74) was introduced in Parliament this year. As with
Section Six, detainees are held for interrogation and can be held indefinitely
until police are satisfied that the detainee has answered all questions satis-
factorily, [text] [Johannesburg SOWETAN in English 8 Jul 82 p 3]

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40%,” said the spokesman for a
large. firm of building suppliers.

“If you add to those problems
the very high inflation rate,
extremely. high interest rates and
also high income tax and sales
taxes, plus high wage levels spread
across the entire community, it is
eyident that something has to give
way. .

“The purchasing power of

money is being eroded by inflation.
Now its effects are being felt across
a broad”spectrum of the whole.’
economic structure of the coun-
try.”” .
‘Mr Phil . Hayter, executive
officer of the Timber Council of
Zimbabwe, confirmed there had
been a “drastic” downturn in the
timber market. This was largely.
due to stagnation in the building
industry generally, both in urban
and rural areas, he said.

“Last year there was a very
bright timber market. But a down-
turn started in March this year and
now there is an estimated 50% re-
duction in the demand for building

timber, while. the box market is
also very quiet.””

Mr Hayter added that there was
also a glut of timber in the export
market and said: ‘Timber is being
dumped in countries abroad.””

Another adverse factor for the
timber industry was the swing over
from wooden cases to cardboard
or canvas containers for tobacco
and tea products in Zimbabwe.

Formerly. tobacco had been
packed in wooden casés but it was
now being packed for buyers in
cardboard containers, he said. Fea
for the local market was also now
being packed in'returnable.canvas
containers.

4700/1574

103

He estimated there had been a
50% reduction in the box timber
market and a reduction of about
25% in the building timber market,
together with a marked drop in
the demand for furniture timber.

Mr T A Evers, secretary of the
Zimbabwe Tea Growers Associa-
tion, confirmed that tea for local
buyers was now being packed in re-
turnable. canvas bags. Although
tea was still exported in wooden
cases, exports had now dropped
and so fewer cases were added.

EXPORTS FALLING

“We used to export about two-
thirds of our tea crop. Now
exports have dropped to only,
about half.the crop. So that means
we are using about 20 000 fewer
plywood tea chests.”

He said that the canvas bags
used for the local transport of tea
were cheaper than wooden cases
“in the long run’? because they
could. be returned and re-used by
producers.

He could. not forecast when tea
exports in wocden cases might
again increase. ‘‘The tea crop at
present is static,” he said.

Most spokesman agreed that the
timber market was a good indica-
tion of the general state of indus-
try in Zimbabwe.

“When the demand for timber
products falls, it reflects a
downturn in industries ranging
from building: and mining to fur-
niture making and agriculture,”
said an industrialist.



JPRS 81410

30 July 1982

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA REPORT

No. 2667

CoNTENTS

INTER-AFRICAN AFFAIRS

UNESCO Conference Aims at Revitalizing Educational Development
(THE SUNDAY MAIL, 4 Jul 82)........ eee ees 1

ETHIOPIA

Weekly Wrap-Up of Non-English Press
(Dereje Balcha; THE WINDHOEK ADVERTISER, 4 Jul 82). see eeeee 3

Significance of Roads to Coffee Producing Areas Underscored
(THE WINDHOEK ADVERTISER, 2 Jul 82)

GABON

British Relations Described as Fruitful
(WEST AFRICA, 12 Jul 82)...... sec eee e ee ee eee eeeeeeeeeee - 9

GHANA

Murders of High Court Judges Seen as Very Significant
(Nii K. Bentsi-Enchill; WEST AFRICA, 12 Jul 82)........... 11

Ghanaians in London Distributing Anti-Revolution Propaganda

(George Sydney; DAILY GRAPHIC, 1 Jul 82).. eee 14
Chief of Defense Staff Calls for Church-State Cooperation

(Peter Abban; GHANAIAN TIMES, 5 Jul 82)... eeceeeceee 15
PDC's, Development Bodies To Fine Those Not Attending’

Communal Labor

(GHANALAN TIMES, 9 Jul 82)..... eee c econ meen ces eeceoces weee 16
PNDC Urged To Back Korean Reunification

(John Ackom-Asante; GHANAIAN TIMES, 9 Jul 82)........00- . 17

-a- {III - NE & A - 120]



FERTILISER PRICES UP BY 12 PERCENT

Harare THE HERALD in English 3 Jul 82 p 1

[Text]

cso:

4700/1574

THE price of fertiliser
has gone up by an aver-
age 12 percent.

The prices, gazetted
yesterday, were worked
out by the Ministry of
Trade and Commerce in
consultation with the dis-
tribut: the Zimbabwe
F Corporation and
Wine init.

The increase per tonne
of Compound A is from
$206,60 to $280,60 (14,4
percent) and ammonium
nitrate from $187,20 to
$206,80 (10,5 percent).

‘The highest increase —
22,7 percent — iy for
single superphosphate,
which goes up from $117
to $143,60.

Some companies have
been selling at 15 percent
more than last year’s
fixed price.

Since the new prices are
effective from July 1 —
which is a delay of about
18 weeks in the announce-
ment — farmers who had
secured deliv.ries before
that date will be paid
back their 15 percent.

The two fertiliser com-
panies yesterday said that
an early delivery:rybate of
6 percent would “apply for
deliveries made in July
while an early delivery
rebate of 3 percent would

104

apply for August.

A cash discount of 2
percent would continue to
apply.

‘The increases per tonne
of other fertilisers with
percentages in brackets,
are: muriate of potash,
$183 to $193,80 (5,9); sul-_
phate of potash, $238,60 to
$267,40 (12,1); double
superphosphate, $230,40 to
267,40 (16,1).

Compound B, $211,40 to
$241,20 (14,1); Compouna

,  $214,40 to $248,40
(13,5); | Compound V,
$201,60 to $233 (13,9),
Compound D, $168 to
$189,40 (12,7).

Compound J, $195,60 to
$211,20 (8); Compound L,
$188,80 to $214,20 (13,5);
Compound M, $166,26 to
$184,680 (18,1);, Compound
P, $178,60 to $204,80
(14,4).

Compound S, $180 to
$206,60 (14,8); Compound
X, $201 to $223 (10,9);
Compound Z, $181,60
$208 (11,8); Compound T,
$212,40 to $232,20_(9,3)3
urea, $249,60 to $275,60
(10,4).

Nitrate of soda is now
3802,20 per tonne; sul
phate of ammonia,
$174,60; dolomite $20,60;
gypsum $44,20; colemite
$431,80 and _— borate
$493,40.

ZIMBABWE


PUBLIC SERVICE RIDDLED WITH CORRUPTION

Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 15 Jul 82 p 13

[Article by Keith Abendroth]

(text]

age.
Millions of ands,

ets of public servants in
a situation which the
country’s Auditor-Gen-
eral, Mr D Tarr, has de-

as “cata-
strophic.”
, The situation is so
bad, it was learned yes-
terday, that Mr Tarr
has refused to issue a
certificate clearing gov-

years up to 1977/78.
And — sources in Le-
sotho say — the posit-
ion has worsened since
then — while many
thousands of the coun-
try’s citizens hover on

the brink of total star-
vation.

In his report on the
three years — running
to about 100 pages —Mr
Tarr has slated the gov-
ernments administrat-
ion and quoted exten-
sive examples of fraud
of all types, ranging
from minor freeloading
of small items like sew-

scale it,
fraud and tender ma-
nipulations.

lepartments
of being stalled by ‘then
time and again.

And he ended the re-
port with a claim that
120 memoranda to vari-
ous government depart-

ments, asking details of

the payment out of
state funds, had gone
‘completely un
answered.

“This is a classic il

ation of below therling

25

accounts was extremely
difficult because of the
absence of accounting
records; identification

missing; compila-
tion of financial state-
ments from inaccurate
records was almost an
impossibility.

“The last decade has
seen a progressive de-
dine and laxity in the

in turn resulted in con-
ian? accounting.

ae Vile-scale indisci-
pline has led to disre-
gard of financial regu-
lations and a
breakdown of account-
ing controls which has
reached catastrophic
dimensions. .

“Inbuilt safeguards
against financial ir-
regularities have been
vitiated and this has
Presented , opportu-
nities for the perpetra-
tion of speculation and
fraud which have es-
caped early detection.

“Moreover the de-
fault and delays in the
supervision and proces-

LESOTHO



ZIMBABWE

JUSTICE. MINISTER DEFENDS SECRECY IN STUFFAFORD'S CIVIL SUIT

Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 10 Jun 82 p 8

[text]

HARARE. — Zim-
babwe’s Minister of
Justice, Mr Simbi
Mubako, defended
his clamp of secrecy
on a torture allega-
tion suit brought by a
detained White MP
against Government
security men.

Mr Mubako claimed
he was only following
Precedents set by Mr
Ian Smith’s Rhodesian
Front Government.

Mr Arthur Tapson, a
colleague of the de-
tained Rebublican
Front member, Mr
Wall Stuttaford, asked
at question time in the
House of Assembly why
judgment in Mr Stutta-
ford’s civil suit against
his jailers had not been
made public.

Mr Mubako claimed
that security and the
public interest were
Paramount in such
cases and that his cer-
tificate — issued in

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terms of a 1975 emer-
gency regulation pro-
mulgated during the
Bhodesian bush war -
was“bynomeans unique:

Stormy exchanges
followed with Mr Do-
nald Goddard, MP, de-
nying that Mr Smith’s
Government had ever
used the regulations to
hush up court proced-
ings in the way Mr Mu-
bako had done.

The Minister of
Home Affairs, Dr Her-
bert Ushewokunze,
shouted: “When you
were a captain in the
Selous Scouts, you had
plenty of that thing.”

To a barrage of angry
interjections, which
drew a rebuke from the
Speaker, Mr Didymus
Mutasa, Brigadier John
Probert asked whether

a precedent had now

been set for “Zimbab-

wean justice” and
whether the suppres-
sion of free speech now
seen in the National
Press would be extend-

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ed to the courts.

“What did you do in
the Rhodesian Front?
Don’t forget that”, Dr
Ushewokunze shouted.

Mr Tapson appealed
to Mr Mubako to pre-
seve Zimbabwe's “repu-
tation for justice” by
releasing at least an
abridged version of the
judgment in Mr Stutta-
ford’s suit against his
interrogators.

Mr Mubako was ad-
amant, however, that to
release any informa-
tion about the civil case
would defeat the pur-
pose of the certificate
he had issued to the
court.

“For the sake of se-
curity, for the time be-
ing, at any rate, we do
not believe it is necess-
ary to give any abridged
statement”, he said.

In the Senate earlier
this week, the former
Southern Rhodesian
Prime Minister Mr Gar-
field Todd — who was

detained for several
years by Mr Smith’s
Government because of
his support for black
nationalism — caused a
stir when he spoke out
against the secrecy im-
Posed over the Stutta-
ford civil suit.

Mr Stuttaford, who
was detained last year
on the orders of Zim-
babwe’s security chief,
former guerrilla intelli-
gence chief Mr Emmer-
son Munangagwa, is al-
leged to have been
implicated in plots to
Stage a coup in Zim-
babwe, but Mr Mu-
gabe’s Government has
hedged whenever ques-
tioned on the date Mr
Stuttaford will
brought to trial.

The former British
Foreign Secretary,
Lord Carrington, said
in March that Mr Mu-
gabe had assured him
Mr Stuttaford would
either be freed or
brought to court in the
immediate future.


SWAZILAND

GOVERNMENT CAMPAIGN FOR OAU SUPPORT ON BORDER ISSUE REPORTED
Mbabane THE TIMES OF SWAZILAND in English 9 Jul 82 p 1
[Article by James Dlamini]

[text]

THE government
has started a di-
plomatic campa-
ign to win OAU
support for the
border _readjust-
ments with South
Africa.

The Minister of
Foreign Affairs, Mr.
R.Y. Dlamini yester:
day said that de-
legations are already

Proceeding to OAU

capitals “‘to deliver
special messages from
the King to African
heads of state.’’”

The statement did
not mention what
the messages were,
but it was obviously
the land issue. Rece-
ntly, Mr. Dlamini an-
nounced’ that high-
powered diplomatic
missions would be
sent to the forth-
coming OAU
chairman Col. Mua-
mmar Gaddafi of Li-
bya and other African
States to win support
for the land deal.

Delegation
Yesterday a delegation

led by Deputy Prime
Minister, Senator Ben Nsi-

bandze met President
Samora Machel of Moza-

mbique. He was accompa-

nied by Senator Mabali-

zandla Nhlabatsi, Dr. Geo-

ge Msibi, MP, 7”

The Minister for Justice,
Mr. Polycarp Dlamini, is
already in Lesotho leading a
delegation to that country.
He is accompanied by Mr.
M.M.P. Mnisi. From
Lesotho Mr. Dlamini’s del-
egation proceeds to Bot-
swana.

The Minister for Agri-
culture, Mr. A.K. Hlophe
accompanied by Mr. B.A.
Diamini = and Mr.
Magangeni Dlamini _have
been assigned to visit Zaire,
Sudan, Egypt. Morocco
and Algeria.

The Deputy Prime Mi-
nister’s delegation is also
responsible for Zimbabwe,

land’s Ambassador to Moz-
ambique Mr. C.G. Masuku
will join Mr. Nsibandze’s
delegation later when they
proceed to the other
frontline states.

Dr. Sishayi Nxumalo
leads a delegation
comprising Prince Charles
and Mr. A.V. Mamba to
Kenya and Ethiopia.

The Minister for Justice’s
delegation is also
responsible for Nigeria,
Ghana, Siera Leone and the
Ivory Coast.

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From the overall coffee production of the country 50 percent or 100,000 tons
of coffee is consumed in the country, according to the Ministry.

Intensive research work has been made to find out coffee that is resistant
to diseases, The research has given fruitful result because some 15 differ-
ent kinds of coffee disease-resistant selections have been found, The seeds
of some of these selections have been multiplied and their seedlings planted
in the mjor coffee producing regions,

Planting the seedlings of the new selections began in 1971 E.C. and the
plants are today in good condition having now started to bear berries,
according to the statement.

The Public Relations Department further disclosed that to see the strength
and resistance of the selections further study and research is being
conducted by the Agricultural Research Institute and the Ministry of Coffee
and Tea Development. The result was that no sign of the coffee disease has
been seen in the plants so far,

Much of the coffee production of the country is obtained from peasants!
coffee farms, The majority of the coffee trees of peasants are old ones
which do not give good production, Therefore, stumping--the activity of
renewing old coffee trees by cutting the old trees so that new ones may
grow--is being accomplished in large areas, In this connection from 1971-
1974 Ethiopian Calendar year, old coffee trees of peasants' associations
and of individual peasants on 4,000 hectares have been renewed,

The Department disclosed that the Ministry had a plan to export 100,000
tons of pure coffee to the world market this year of which 79,169 tons
have been sent up to last April. This means 67 percent of what was planned
for ten months has been achieved, The remaining tons will be sent as
planned for agitations are being carried out in every region.

Focusing on tea development in the country the Public Relations Department
of the Ministry further disclosed that tea development is going on in two
localities--one in Gumero locality of Gore province in Illubabor region,
and the other in Wishwish locality of Gimbo district, Kaffa province, in
Kaffa region,

The Gumero Tea Development Project covers 130 hectares, Tea seedlings on
80 hectares will be planted this year and in the coming three years an
area of 400 hectares will be developed to translate into practice the plan
of the Revolutionary Government,

The Wishwish Tea Development Project was running its development activities
only on 11 hectares, But with the loan recently obtained from the African
Development Bank and with the budget allotted by the Revolutionary Govern-
ment expansion of the project is already underway. It is planned to
develop tea on 500 hectares during the coming five yers and planting of
tea seedlings have already started as of last May.



MAMELODI RESIDENTS DEMAND ELECTIONS

Johannesburg SOWETAN in English 12 Jul 82 p 9

[Article by Normal Ngalel

[text]

heavy: fire: om;
Saturday. at the: locak:
residents” meeting for’
postponing council.
selections without.a
mandate from the:

ty. 6 Se

‘The well-attended
meeting, held at the:
local community ceritre, :
resulted from division”
last week in the council”
at a special meeting to
postpone’ elections in-
definitely.

Nearly a. thousand.
residents were unani-:
mous in their condem
nation of their council’s?
action and’ called for.
élections to be’ held as?
planned on .September<
3 :

. 2283
An: ad-hoc committee '
of 20 was elected to con-~
sult lawyers‘on behalf of +
the residents to enquire ”
whether the council had

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actéd lawfully, ‘as wéll as
to probe the: possibilities
of seeking a court order
compelling the countil
to hold elections on the:,
scheduled date. a
Several posters, one
of thems veading: “We,?
residents of Mamelodi, «
have, been deprived of-
our rights by the coun--
cil”, were pasted inside’
and outside the hall.
Some called for indi-.
vidual councillors to;
resign. ad
Mr JS Lekala, conve-»
nor Of'the meeting, told,
the emotion-charged:
audience that the “re-.
dundant”’ councillors’

who had failed to pro-:
ject the ‘commumity’s as~
Pirations were afraid to.
0 teithe polls forfear of}
being efected

+ Several ‘speakersy
mosé~of. then elderly:
People’. complained
about the. shortage of,
houses. in the township,

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SOUTH AFRICA

which reSulted in homes
being overcrowded and
the building of shacks in
their backyards.

Mr Joe Hlongwane,
deputy. president of the:
Vulamehlo Vukani Peo-*
ple’s Party (VVPP), tol
the’ audience ° that: the:
focal councillors were in
office: illegally because”
their terms in office had~
lapsed last year.

He dismissed as “‘rub-:
dish” the excuse that the
council postponed elec-'
tions pending the envi-
saged local authority”

legislation.
. ‘Tf the councillors
wished to remain _in-of-.

_tnunity!council untit the:

wromgs have been
Fighted.””

The newly elected’
committee will meet this:
week to prepare for
their meeting with attor-
neys.. woe



NEW PLACE NAME CHANGES CONFIRMED

Harare THE FINANCIAL GAZETTE in English 2 Jul 82 p 7

[text]

A LIST of the new names for Zimbabwe's city and town councils, rural
councils and unincorporated urban areas was published in the Govern-
ment Gazette last Friday. :

A statutory instruments in the same Gazette stated that any reference to
the old. names will automatically. be construed as referring to the new
name. This will save companies and individuals nationwide a great deal of
money as company documents, letter heads and numerous other items
will not need names changed regardless. Councils will also be spared the
necessity and financial burden of immediately. updating materials, bye-
laws ete, :

CITIES AND CITY COUNCILS
Old name ‘New name

1
City of Gwelo City of Gweru
City of Salisbury : City of Harare
City of Umtali City of Mutare
City Council of Gwelo Council of Gweru
City Council of Salisbury City Council of Harare
City Council of Umtali City Council of Mutare
MUNICIPALITIES AND MUNICIPAL COUNCILS
Municipality of Gatooma Municipality of Kadoma
Municipality of Hartley Municipality of Chegutu
Municipality of Marandellas Municipality of Marondera
Municipality of Sinoia Municipality of Chinhoyi
Municipal Council of Gatooma Municipal Council of Kadoma
Municipal Council of Hartley Municipal Council of Chegutu
Municipal Council of Marandel- ~ Municipal Council of Marondera
las
Municipal Council of Sinoia Municipal Council of Chinhoyi
TOWNS AND TOWN COUNCILS
Selukwe Shurugwi
Selukwe Town Council . ‘Shurugwi Town Council
RURAL COUNCILS
Belingwe Rural Council ” Mberengwa Rural Council

Bulalima-Mangwe Rural Council Bullima-Mangwe Rural Council
Bulawayo-Essexvale Rural Coun- _ Bulawayo-Esigodini Rural Council
cil

Chipinga Rural Council Chipinge Rural Council
Gatooma Rural Council Kadoma Rural Council
Gwelo-Selukwe Rural Council Gweru-Shurugwi Rural Council
Hartley Rural Council -  Chegutu Rural Council

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ZIMBABWE


*. He agreed that blacks were needed at the mines.
‘but they should do only the jobs given to them.

The PRO of the Gold Fields Mine Mr J J Moller
was quoted as having told a reporter that the fire
brigade was not called because “who wants to see’
thousands of savages dancing around a fire” — a
temark he made referring to the black miners who
were rioting.

Mr Moller later said he had been asked a stupid
question by the reporter and he had given a stupid
answer.

He said: “Racial relations are very good on the
mines. When asked that question I was under severe
provocation. I cannot comment on Mr Paulos’
statement.” .

Reasons For Strike

Johannesburg SOWETAN in English 13 Jul 82 p4

lEditorial: "Investigate']

[Text]

THE REASONS for the miners’
strike will not be known until the
various mine organisations have
completed ‘their investigations.
There have in the meantime been a
number of post-mortems about the
causes of the violence. Some of the’
reasons given are plausible, others
plain conjecture.

Mine officials have, naturally,
taken a very serious view of the.
fateful strikes, particularly because
some lives were lost.

It is common cause that there will
be problems in a situation where
-men live in hostels and stick to tribal

Still the most controversial. and:

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70

even scandalous reason so far raised
is that the white miners who had a
labour dispute with management
may have been behind the strikes.
~ This sounds plausible if not
downright ironic after the racist
-statements made by mine union
officials like Mr Arrie Paulos. And if
this is proven true then it is cause for
the most serious disquiet. We are
sure there are black workers on the
mine who are intimidated by their
white bosses. :
That these poor workers, who-
have everything to lose by taking
such drastic action should be the.
ones to suffer so badly cries for an’
inquiry, not only an investigation.



RP CALLS FOR STRICTER CONTROL OF SA POLITICIANS IN SWA

Windhoek THE WINDHOEK ADVERTISER in English 13 Jul 82 p1

[text]

CALLS for reform
are contained in several,
motions on the fifth
Republican Party con-
gress agenda to be fol-
lowed when the party
meets in Windhoek later
this month.

‘These include a call for

‘stricter control of SA
politicians coming to
Namibia to —_ address
meetings, greater recogni-
tion of the 12th population
group. in.the allocation. of,
income tax funds, 2 warn-
ing to the SA Government
via the Ministers Council
that its military and
bureacratic representatives
in the Territory should also
contribute to the improve-

ment of community rela-
tions and military training
should be made compulsory
for all farmers and their

Pol
Namibia should be forced
to obtain permission from
the Department of Internal
affairs before being al-
lowed to address public
meetings in the Territory, a

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motion from the RP’s
Tsumeb contituency states.

Second-tier _—_ represen-
tative authorities should
not receive income from
personal income tax paid
by those registered as non-

ethnic Namibians in the so-_

called 12th population
group, according to a mo-
tion to be tabled by the
Klein Windhoek — con-
stituency of the Party.
If this is found to be
impracticable, -all. personal
income tax should “be
abolished and replaced by
sales tax, it adds.

In a lengthy motion the
RP’s Windhoek East con-
stituency urges the
Ministers Council to call
on the SA Government to
make it clear to its
representatives in Namibia
serving in the civil service
or the defence force that
they are in a host country
on the instruction of their
government and that they
should subject themselves
to the laws of the land as
well as take special note of
public understanding and
interpersonal
while in SWA.

The implementation of

31

relations,

compulsory military train-
ing including the handling
of weapons and radio
operating, for all farmers
and their employees, is cal-
led for by the Witvlei
branch of the RP.

One motion calls on the
Ministers Council to give
serious consideration to the
possible introduction of a_
permanent © ombudsman
empowered to investigate
any complaints against
government services, while
another urges the soonest
implementation of the
penalty clause provided for
in the abolition of dis-
crimination act.

A request that all ground
floors of government
buildings in Kaiser street
should be let to private
businesses is contained in
another motion of the
Klein Windhoek  con-
stituency.

On welfare and pensions
two motions call for con-
sideration of a national
pension scheme for SWA
and the promulgation of a
national welfare Act by the
National Assembly.

The Uhlenhorst branch
calls in its motion for

NAMIBIA

private contractors also to
be allowed to convey
mealies from SA to SWA,
and for the Territory to
pay SA its export price on
mealies and not the much
higher domestic _ price.
‘which SWA’ currently
pays.

Tax disincentives
calculated on farm sizes
should be introduced to
promote productivity
amongst SWA’s farmers,
the RP’s — Uhlenhorst
Branch gives notice of in
its motion.

Other motions to be

tabled at the RP congress
include:
@ Idle schools belonging
to the Administration for
Whites should be handed
over to other population
groups.

@ The Ministers Council
must see to it that the In-
formation Service con-
centrates “more effectively
‘on the propogation of the
achievement of the Council
of Ministers and National
Assembly, and the new
political dispensation

which has been achieved in
SWA.”



“The fault, dear Brutus, is. . . in ourselves”, was implicit

in the main burden of Mr. Jusu-Sheriff’s words. He hinted
that a partial cause of the declining yield from the
country’s diamond industry may stem from past policies
and from an increase in smuggling. Smuggling, too, was
blamed for some of the drop in Sierra Leone Produce
Marketing Board purchases of coffee and cocoa. At a
later stage in his speech he said that “strong measures will
be designed to arrest the rapid expansion of smuggling
and black market transactions, in order to stem the
erosion of the tax base and to augment official foreign
exchange reserves.

It was when Mr. Jusu-Sheriff turned to the budgetary
performance for the 1981/82 year that the awesome
dimensions of the problem which he and the nation must
tackle became apparent. A deficit of Le91m. had been
expected but even though development spending was less
than had been estimated and lack of foreign exchange had
reduced payments of principal and interest on some
foreign debts, the projected actual deficit for the year is
likely to be more than Le140m.

Mr. Jusu-Sheriff went on to say “the continued large
deficit in budgetary operations was reflected in a signifi-
cant increase in credit to the government by the banking
system, from Le367.3m. in June 1981, to Le475.5m. in
April 1982. This growth in credit was financed by the
Bank of Sierra Leone, chiefly through Ways and Means
Advances of Le114.2m., bringing the total amount out-
standing under this facility to Le385.2m. at the end of the
period. During this same period, credit to the private
sector from the banking system amounted to only
‘Le9.6m.” .

Small wonder that the Minister of Finance said “we
begin the new fiscal year with the grimmest prospects for
our economic well-being”. He said he proposed to make
the Budget not a modification of previous practice, as had
been done by his predecessors with good intent and little
success, but rather a crucial instrument of policy after “a
hard and close look at the budgetary process”, with
restoration of financial stability and fiscal discipline as the
primary policy goal. He urged his fellow Ministers to look
earnestly at the possibilities for saving within their own
departments (the number of Ministerial appointments
is hardly conducive to reduced government spending).

He said, too, that there would be a careful study of the
involvement of Government in activities that might be
better performed by the private sector with the constraints
of market place viability. “We simply can no longer afford
to perform functions in the public sector which could be
better performed outside it. We have an accountability
crisis!’ Mr. Jusu-Sheriff added: “We are fully prepared to
extend a helping hand to private enterprise but we expect:
that hand to be grasped, not bitten.” It is to be hoped that
the teeth lie with the Ministry of Finance to support that

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Conservatives,” Mr
Stephen said.

“The canvassing re-
sults are very promis-
ing for us and
look bright as far as we
are concerned.”

One problem that
made the outcome hard
to predict was that 20
percent to 25 percent of
the 15 000 voters in the
constituency had mov-

“It is impossible to
say how many of them
will make the effort to

that CP leader Dr An-
dries Treurnicht had
disappointed expecta-
tions by having nothing
to say on the constitut-

48

ion and announcing no
policy for his party.

“This he says will
have to wait until a con-
gress in August, by
which time it will be too
late.”

He added that Dr

nicht’s own i
he had helped to “sell”
to voters in the 1977
general election, said
Mr Stephen.

This had lost the CP
credibility in the by-



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delicately-phrased warning. The outcome of the
“Vouchergate” and “Squandergate” commissions of en-
quiry, launched after Mr. Akibo-Betts’ attempts to
cleanse some of Sierra Leone’s financial Augean stables
will be significant here.

Mr. Jusu-Sheriff said that “‘a firm political resolve has to
be made and demonstrated”. This message must be
heeded by the whole political apparatus in Sierra Leone,
from President Stevens to the least functionary in the
APC, since it has been political laxity more than any other
cause that has brought Sierra Leone to its present state.

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CAR SALES IMPROVE IN JUNE

Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 14 Jul 82 p 24

[text]

CSO:

CAR sales in June were
so buoyant that at least
one prominent manu-
facturer, Toyota South
Africa, has adjusted its
yearly forecast up-
wards.

Naamsa reported re-
cord car sales for June
of 28 507, against 25 804
for June last year — an
improvement of 10,4
Percent.

Sales of cars for the

first six months of the~

year amounted to
149 690, against 146 003
in the same six months
the previous year, an
improvement of 2,5 per-
cent.

Car sales for 1981
were a record 301 528.

Toyota’s sales direc-
tor, Brand Pretorius,
says car manufacturers

should, in the light of
the good sales, revise
the estimates for 1982
upwards from 277 000
to 280 000.

He said yesterday the
market was holding up
much better than ex-
pected.

Mr Pretorius is of the
opinion that the con-
tinued high perform-
ance of the industry in
June was attributable
to artificially stimu-
lated buying through
advertising campaigns
and heavy discounting
by some manufactur-

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ers.

“It is still a buyer’s
market with a much
greater availability of
units than a few
months ago” he said.

On a year-to-date ba-
sis Toyota still leads the
market.

In the first six
months of the year it
sold 28 869 cars, which
gave it 19,3 percent of
the market.

Sigma was second
with 25 887 cars and a
market share of- 17,3
percent, while Ford was
third with 24 128 and a
market share of 26,1
percent.

Car sales for the vari-
ous manufacturers dur-
ing June were:

Alfa Romeo 825,
BMW 1513, Datsun
2425, Ford 4 115, Gen-
eral Motors 2 068, Ley-
land 701, Sigma 5 539,
Toyota 5936, UCDD
1768, Volkswagen
and others 8.

The sale of commer-
cial vehicles in June
amounted to 13 387,
compared with 12 309 in
the same month last
year.

Total commercial
sales for the first six
months of the year
were 75 306, compared
with 69991 for the
same period last year —
an improvement of 7,6
Percent.

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SOUTH AFRICA

In the whole of 1981,
152 013 commercial ve-
hicles were sold.

The top commercial
seller for June was Dat-
sun with 3 789, followed
by TOyota 3 778, Gener-
al Motors 1653, Ford
1272, Volkswagen
and Sigma 705.

Some experts said
yesterday they doubted
whether the good sales
for June would be kept.
up in the rest of the
year.

They pointed out that
there was a serious de-
terioration in the gen-
eral business mood.

At the same time La-
dofca rates also went
up recently which made
HP sales much more ex-
pensive.

One of the reasons
for the high sales in
June could have been in
anticipation of a fur-
ther rise in interest
rates.

It should be interest-
ing to see whether deal-
ers go ahead with their
discounting in July.

Some experts believe
that the severe dis-
counting by some deal-
ers was a direct method
of reducing stocks.

Some dealers, howev-
er, say they are still ex-
periencing stock short-
ages of certain models,
although the situation
has improved quite a lot
of late.



ZVOBGO: ‘SATAN RULES' IN SOUTH AFRICA

Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 15 Jul 82 p 8

[text]

HARARE. — Zimbabwe's Minis-
ter of Legal and Parliamentary
Affairs, Dr Edison Zvobgo, refer-
ring yesterday to the proposed
withdrawal of the right to dual
citizenship, entrenched in the
British-designed Lancaster
House Constitution, said: “We
must never forget that the Lim-
popo is the boundary of decency
in Africa.”

He added: “Beyond it, southward,
Satan rules in thunder and fumes.”

Moving the second reading of a Bill
which, if passed, will be one of the
most important revisions of the Lan-
caster House Constitution since its
1980 inception, Dr Zvobgo warned
Zimbabwe's Whites not to oppose
plans to change the Constitution
“during the unfolding of our socialist
revolution.”

“This constitutional transforma-
tion process will be a major test of
loyalty for the non-African peoples
of this country,” said the Minister.

The longer the Whites — who com-
prised less than three percent of the
population — clung to their 20 seats
in the 100-seat assembly “the more
they damage national reconciliation
and-irreparably prejudice their own
future in Zimbabwe.” °

Dr Zvobgo said a Constitution
should be a allowed document agreed:
on by popular representatives,
whereas the Lancaster House Consti-
tution was, largely, the handiwork of
British civil servants.

“It is a matter of great notoriety
that many fundamental aspects of
our Constitution were imposed upon
us at Lancaster House by the British
in alliance with our own home-grown
puppets and their settler partners, in
order to create a constitutional dis-
pensation with a British face.”

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The Minister of
Home Affairs, Dr Her-

“bert Ushewokunze, in-

terjected: “Tear up the
Constitution!” as. Dr
Zvobgo attacked the
provisions for White
representation, for a
second Chamber, a non-
executive President,
and dual citizenship.
He hoped that within
the next three years he
would be able to pres-
ent legislation to trans-
form the Constitution
“to make it truly Zim-
babwean and truly rel-

.”

‘Until 1987 at least all
100 MPs are required to
confirm any revision of
the provisions for
White representation
or to the declaration of

rights.
Other constitutional
revisions — including

the Bill now before Par-
liament — need at least
70 affirmative votes at
their third reading.

It is believed that
members of Mr Ian
Smith’s nine-strong Re-
publican Front caucus
will oppose the amend-
ment, but that most of
the nine RF rebel inde-
pendents will suppo!

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ZIMBABWE

jt, along with the 20
MPs in Mr Joshua Nko-
mo’s PF (Zapu) party
and the 57 ZANU (PF)
members.

Dr Zvobgo said a
right to duel citizenship
was “very much the ex-
ception throughout the
world today.”

“Like other nations,
we abhor the prospect
of our citizens having to
serve in foreign armies
against us or other
states with whieh re
are at peace, simp!
cause the states of their
other nationality have
called upon them to do

so in the exercise of
their sovereignty.

“We want our citizens
to owe allegiance only
to Zimbabwe.”

Dual citizenship had
been a stopgap measure
while people recovered
from the war, he said.

Today, more than
two years after Zimbab-
wean _ independence,
“there is simply no jus-
tification for anybody
to waver between Zim-


SEYCHELLES

SPANISH FISHING TALKS GET A STAGE FURTHER

Victoria NATION in English 8 Jul 82 pp 1, 2

[Text]

TALKS on, the possibilities of
Seychelles Spanish co-opera-
tion and commercial ventures
in fishing have been taken
quite a stage further this
week with the visit here of a
six strong delegation from
Spain.

For the last three days the
mission, led by Mr. Miguel de
Aldasoro, Secretary of State
in the Ministry of Fisheries,
has been having talks with
Seychelles Government offi-
cials and the parastatal fish-

ing company, FIDECO.

The visit follows a sugeess-
ful tuna prespection project
by two Spanish fishing ves-
sels in Seychelles waters
which ended in March.

Mr. de Aldasoro and his

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team centinved talks with
Planning and Development
Minister Maxime — Ferrari,
which had started in Spa'n
previcusly, and also met Mr.
dacaues Hodoul. the Minister
oO’ Frre’on Affairs.

The Seychello's delegation

which held formal talks with
the visitors included the Prin-
cipal Secretaries for Planning
and Development and for
Agriculture, other officials of
the two Ministries, and the
FIDECO manager.

The Spanish mission de-
Parts fcr home today, igaving
behind proposals for a joint
tuna-fishing venture to be

Studied by the Seychelles
Gevernment.

SAP


JPRS 81410

30 July 1982

Sub-Saharan Africa Report

No.-2667

FBIS| FOREIGN BROADCAST INFORMATION SERVICE



TRADE BALANCE UPSET BY PURCHASE OF NRZ LOCOMOTIVES

Harare THE HERALD in English 8 Jul 82 p 1

[Text]

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ZIMBABWE'S visible
trade balance slumped
into a $36,2 million deficit
in February, the worst
monthly figure on record,
but due partly to’ the pur-
chase of new railway
engines.

Exports were 23,5 per-
sent up on January at $76
million, but imports jump-
ed 36 percent to $112,2
milion, Taking NCT trans-
actions into account the
deft totalled $38,6 mil-
ion,

Chrome sales earned
$123 million through
sales to major consumers
much as Japan .which
accounted for $6,1 million,
producers here taking
advantage of the General
System of Preference
tariffs which operates to.
their benefit in the first
three months of the year.

Tobacco brought ° in
$8.3 million and asbestos
$6,1 million. Sugar and
maize each earned about
35 million and maize sales
Ptoduced $4,4 million in
foreign exchange.

Imports were dominated

101

by petroleum and other
fuel supplies which cost
$20,3 million. New loco-
motives for National Rail-
ways of Zimbabwe ac-
counted for $19 million.

Other machinery imports
took $8,3 million, bus and
lorry chassis $6,2 million.

‘The first. two months
of the year confirmed: last
year’s trading pattern
with imports and exports
dominated by South
Africa, the United King-
dom, the United States,
West Germany and Japan.

In 1981 these five coun-
tries accounted for 47,4
percent of Zimbabwe's
exports and 57,5 percent
of imports,

In January and Feb-
ruary they took 49,8 per-
cent of exports and sup-
plied 64,3. percent of
imports.

Despite the easing of
bottlenecks and conges-
tion in its system NRZ
continued to run at a loss
and produced another defi-
cit.of about $4,7 million
in February, almost the
same as the previous
month.

ZIMBABWE



UNION TO FIGHT FOR MIGRANTS

Johannesburg SOWETAN in English 13 Jul 82 p 3

[text]

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THE 7 500-strong newly
formed Municipal and.
General Workers’ Union
of SA is to fight for the
rights of migrant labour-
ers in urban residential
areas.
The union's presi-
dent, Mr Gatsby Mazwi,
told The SOWETAN
yesterday that the union
would also embark ona
programme of union-
ising workers from dif!
ferent work situations.

The new union was
formed at the~ annual
conference of the Black
Municipal Workers’
Union held in Johannes-
burg at the weekend. Its
president, Mr - Mazwi,
replaces Mr Joe Mavi,
who died in a car acci-
‘dent last month.

Mr Magzwi said that

the conference agreed .

“Entirély* to incorporate
migrant workers into the
union so that.“we should
be able to fight for their
rights",

The .union also re-
jected registration of
unions and industrial
councils in their present
form. “We shall only

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register once the regula-
tions governing registra-
tion are changed,” Mr
Mazwi said.

Referring to the possi-
bility of amalagamation
with the Johannesburg
Municipal Workers’
Union, Mr Mazwi said
that his union differed
with the JMU because
“we reject registration
and they want registra-
tion”.

However, Mr' Mazwi
did not overrule the pos-
sibility of uniting once
the Government had
changed the present
laws governing registra-
tion.

Those who were
elected office bearers at
the meeting are: Mr
Mazwi, president; Mr
Zola Sekele, vice-presi-
dent; Mr Kenneth
Gantsi, generalsecre-
tary; Mr Themba
Mbangwa, national or-
ganiser; Ms Liz Mohapi,
assistant general secre-
tary; and three organis-
ers: Mr Edward Man-
qiba, Mr Johnson Nka-
medi and Mr Themba
Nonqalegane.



CP CLAIMS LEAD IN GERMISTON BY ELECTION CAMPAIGN

Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 14 Jul 82 p 13

[text]

FOR the first time
since for
the Germiston Dis-
triet

47

Conservatives were not
fighting the HNP inthe
by-election and were
not interested in argu-

Van Zyl Slabbert had
met the Germiston Dis-
trict voters who sup

SOUTH AFRICA


ZIMBABWE

FARMS OUTPUT ENOUGH TO FEED NATION
Salisbury THE HERALD in English 7 Jul 82 p 1

[text] Zimbabwe has enough basic food to meet reasonable demands this
season, says the chairman of the Agricultural Marketing Authority, Mr
Paddy Millar,

In a mid-year review yesterday, he said though the off-take of some
commodities from marketing boards was being restricted, farm products had
exportable surpluses earning million of dollars in foreign currency.

The review focused on controlled products handled by the Cold Storage
Commission, the Cotton Marketing Board, the Dairy Marketing Board and the
Grain Marketing Board,

Of the maize crop, he said 40 percent of the expected 900 000 tonnes had
been delivered to the GMB, It had been of high quality despite the drought.

The produce this season would be enough for the country's needs, he said.
It would be an addition to last year's carry-over of two million tonnes,

So far this year 210 000 tonnes valued at $28 million had been exported
under the World Food Programme,

Supplies of the 200 000 tonnes of wheat cropped last season were tight,
said Mr Millar, Measures had been taken to ensure normal demands were met
until the crop in the ground was harvested in October,

In response to improved producer prices, Mr Millar said milk production had
been showing an encouraging 10 percent increase on last year,

A start had been made on a bulk milk collection scheme funded with foreign
aid.

"While demand has increased by 30 percent," Mr Millar said, "it looks as
though we have turned the corner regarding dairy product shortages."

Drought had caused cattle slaughtering to go up by 31 300 head in the first

six months of the year resulting in full beef supplies to butchers since
April.

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HYDROELECTRIC POWER CAPACITY INCREASE

Accra DAILY GRAPHIC in English 2 Jul 82 p 1

[Excerpt]

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GHANA'S total hydro-
electric power capacity is
now 1060 megawatts.
This has been made
possible by the commis-
sioning of the Kpong
hydro-electric project.

Announcing this at the
commissioning ceremony
yesterday at Akuse, the
Chairman of the PNDC

Fit-Lt J. J. Rawlings, saia
this development is ot be-
nefit, not only to our peo-
ple, but also to our sister
Countries in West Africa to
whom Ghana already sells
power, especially Togo
and Benin.

He further announced
that soon Ghana and the

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Wvory Coast would be in a
position to support each
other in times ofneed.

Furthermore, the Volta
River Authority and its
counterpart in Nigeria are
engaged in consultations
‘to study possibilities for a
link up of the Nigeria
power system with Gha-
na's through Benin anc
Togo.

Fit-Lt Rawlings stated
that the PNDC wouid sup:
port every effort for Ghana
and her neighbours to
work together to extract
for mutual use, maximum
benefits from their invest
ments in energy resour-
ces and to schedule such
investments rationally.

GHANA


PNDC URGED TO BACK KOREAN REUNIFICATION
Accra GHANAIAN TIMES in English 9 Jul 82 p 1
[article by John Ackom-Asantel

[text] The People's Revolutionary League of Ghana yesterday called on the
government to declare its well-considered support for the Democratic
People's Republic of Korea's proposals for the reunification of the Korean
peninsula,

The League also called for PNDCs support for the democratic struggles of
the South Korean people, youth and students against fascist administration.

In a release to mark the Month for the Joint Struggle Against Foreign
Manoeuvres for the Reunification of Korea (June 24-July 27), the League
said it had the conviction that the reunification of the entire Korean
peninsula could be achieved "only on the basis of the DPRK formula that
spells out ten proposals for the independent and peaceful reunification
of Korea,"

It noted that no country had the right to station its troops in another
country with the express purpose of mounting what could not but be a

temporary obstacle in the way of the aspiration of the teeming millions
of the unhappy host country's people.

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65 percent to $42 million,
pre-tax profits were up 48

percent to $3,4 milllon —.

10,6 percent’ of group
turnover — and dividends
were increased by 16 per-
cent to 12,75¢ a share
(1981-11,5¢).

CAPS’ managing direc-
tor, Mr Maurice Kramer,
said yesterday that he did
not Krow why the share
transfer waa being held
up. He was not a party to
the negotiations and
therefore could not com-
ment.

However, it is reported
that contracts have not
been exchanged. Accord-
ing to one official: “The

difficulty {# that we are
unclear where everybody
stands, but the deal fg still
on, still under negotiation
and alive.” .

Of more immediate con-
cern to local and foreign
investors is the proposal
for US food conglomerate
H. J. Heinz to take a 51
Percent stake in Olivine
industries, with the
Government taking up the
remaining 49 percent.

After 16 months of bar-

gaining no announcement
has been made by the
authorities even though
Heinz chief executive of-
ficer Mr Tony O'Reilley
issued a statement in New
York a few weeks ago,
stating firmly that Heinz
was coming in.

Contracts were due to
be exchanged on June 30
in Harare, but the

ceremony was cancelled at
the last moment because a
hitch had arisen.

‘The problem centres on
the Overseas Private In-
vestment Committee
(OPIC) agreement, which
insures US companies
against nationalisation,
expropriation etc. The
Government has not_yet

accepted this agreement.

But ia understood
that some members of a
special Cabinet committee
set up by the Prime Min-
ister, Mr Mugabe, to atudy
the implications of OPIC
have said that the
agreement does not in-
fringe the sovereignty of
the State and therefore
there should be no objec-
tion to signing it.

Heing is reported to
have given the Govern-
ment untii July 14 to
make up its mind. Zim-
babwe was the corpora-
tion’s number one choice
for investment in Africa,
but it hes looked at the
alternative of starting up
operations in Kenya or
Nigeria.

Another deal still in the
pipeline is that involving «
joint truck assembly ven-
ture between the In-
dustrial Development Cor-
poration and the Swedish
company, Scania.

Local agents, Tandem
(Pvt.) Ltd, expected this
deal to go through some
months ago. No one in
Government circles has so
far been prepared to com-
ment.

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MAURITIUS

BRIEFS

TO BECOME REPUBLIC~~Antananarivo--The Indian Ocean Island of Mauritius will
become a republic before the end of the year, its new leftwing Foreign
Minister said in an interview published today in the Malagasy government
newspaper Atrika, Mr Jean-Claude de L'Estrac said the people of the former
British colony considered the symbolic presence of the British crown anachro-
nistic, adding that a non-executive president would be elected by Parliament.
He did not say whether Mauritius would leave the Commonwealth, which groups
former British possessions under the symbolic leadership of Britain's Queen
Elizabeth, Many countries have become republics but stayed in the Common-
wealth, A radical coalition of the Mauritian Militant Movement (MMM) and
the Mauritian Socialist Party (PSM) swept to power in general elections

last month ending the 14-year centre-right rule of Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam
who is 81, Mr de L'Estrac has said Mauritius will adopt a policy of non-
alignment and seek the demilitarisation of the Indian Ocean,-~Sapa-Reuter
[text] [Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 15 Jul 82 p 11]

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SOUTH AFRICA

MPs VISIT POLICE BASES ON BORDER
Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 15 Jul 82 p 10

[text]

A GROUP of Parlia-
mentarians represen-
ting all parties in the
House of Assembly re-
cently visited several
police bases in the oper-
ational area as guests
of the Minister of Law
and Order, Mr Louis Le
Grange, and the Com-
missioner of the SA
Police, General Mike
Geldenhuys.

A statement in Pre-
toria said the party,
which also included the
“Deputy issioner
in charge of the Police
Counter-Insurgency
Unit, Major-General
Vic Verster, was flown
to the operational area
by the South African
Air Force from where
they were taken to
some of the most re-
mote police bases in the
territory by helicopter.

They were given the
opportunity to acquaint
themselves with the
conditions under which
the men operate and
they were also briefed
on the situation in the
area.

Accompanying
Minister were Mr Ray
Swart (PFP), Mr Jo-
hannes Greeff (Deputy
Speaker), Mr Willem

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the:

Cuyler (NP), Mr Leon
Wessels (NP), Mr Pat
Rogers (NRP), Mr
Adriaan Viok (NP) and
Mr _ Louis Theunissen
(CP).

Mr Volk said it was a
pity that everyone in
South Africa could not
witness the determina-
tion, miotivation and
discipline with which
the men were fulfilling
a very important task
in South West Africa.

“The morale of both
Black and White police-
men fighting side by
side against a common
enemy is very high and
the spirit of co-opera-
tion between the SA
Police and the Defence
Force is remarkable.
Qne cannot but be
proud of these men.” he
said.

On his return Mr Ray
Swart said the tour was
most useful from the
point of view of ac-
quainting themselves
with the conditions in
the border area and
meeting some of the
young policemen in-
volved in the operation
there.

“I was most impress-
ed with their conditions
of service. They are ob-

53

viously .equipped with
the finest equipment
available and it is clear
that they are superbly
trained for the service
they are rendering:

“It is also clear that
morale is extremely
high and I believe our
visit reassured them
that their service and
their sacrifice is recog-
mised and apprecia!
by all in South Africa”.

Mr Pat Rogers said
the SA Police were per-
forming an immensely
important task in
Owambo and elsewhere
in the operational area
with “purposeful and
Proud dedication.

“Their obviously
clear understanding of
the insurgency situa-
tion’s effect on the local
population stamps the-
ir actions with a matu-
rity which employs
maximum -compassion
supported by efficient
and brave operational
strategy where necess-
ary.

“Their unacclaimed
deeds of extreme brav-
ery and high quality of
imaginative leadership
is something of which
South Africa can be

justly pround.

“These men perform-
ing a task for the civil
authority of the land
under testing and pro-
vocative circumstances
KE: doing a magnificent
job.”

Mr Louis Theunissen
said the successes ob-
tained by the SA Police
in the operational area
against Swapo showed
they were well trained
and well equipped, men-
tally and physically, for

their task.

“The police also play
avery important role in
assisting the local pop-
ulation in their needs
and their presence is a
symbol of law and order
and security.

“I am also very pleas-

_ ed to note the excellent

team spirit between the
SA” Police and the
SADF in their fight
against Swapo”, he
said.

Mr Greeff, the deputy
speaker, said he was
most impressed with
the motivation, disci-
pline and morale dis-
played by the men wha
served under difficult
circumstances. — Sapa.



this year to the end of May, some 1 366 houses had been wired and two hostels
in Mbare had been given 5 A supplies at a cost of $53 000. The director of
community services, Mr Bev Taylor, told the meeting that contracts for the
wiring of about 1 350 houses in this year's programme were almost complete.
As the Warren Park project was finishing, the city electrical engineer,

Mr Phillip Wrigley would have more staff, Mr Taylor said. Trext! [Harare
THE HERALD inEnglish 7 Jul 82 p 4]

PARAMILITARY BRIGADES=-The early formation of paramilitary brigades in the
Mandidzudzure district was called for yesterday by the Deputy Minister of
Community Development and Women's Affairs, Bishop Joshua Dhube. Speaking
during the resumed debate on the President's speech, Bishop Dhube said there
were reports that bandits in Mozambique were being pushed nearer the border
and were spilling over into Zimbabwe to look for food. Bishop Dhube also
called for the intervention of the Minister of Local Government and Town
Planning to get rid of a statue of a Pioneer wagon in Mandidzudzure commem-
orating the arrival of the first white settlers, He said the people in the
area were politicised because of the war and did not want the retention of
anything that reminded them of what they had been fighting against. However,
they had been unable to get its removal approved because the rural council
was still dominated by whites. There were only two black members of the
council and their call for the removal of the statue was blocked by the white
majority. Bishop Dhube called for investigations by the Ministry of Labour
and Social Services into whether the minimum wage was being paid on farms

in the Chipinge area,--Ziana [Text] [Harare THE HERALD in English 8 Jul 82

p 1)

BOMB SCARE--Harare--A bomb scare yesterday afternoon brought a hasty suspension
of business in Zimbabwe's Parliament and an urgent evacuation of the building.
The Speaker, Mr Didymus Mutasa, abruptly adjourned proceedings for "security
reasons" and MPs, Cabinet Ministers, bewigged clerks and other members of

the Parliamentary staff trooped out of the Parliament buildings. Other MPs
and Senators--who were at their tea break--still took time off for refresh-
ments in the Parliamentary canteen, After about 15 minutes members were

told it was safe to return, It is understood the evacuation was called
because of a hoax call about a bomb in a building in Union Avenue across

the road from the main entrance to Parliament.--Sapa [Text] [Johannesburg
THE CITIZEN in English 15 Jul 82 p 8]

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HUGE DURBAN HARBOUR DEVELOPMENT PLAN REPORTED

Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 10 Jul 82 p 2

[text]

CSO:

DURBAN. — A massive
R166 400 000 is to be
spent on major develop-
ments in the Durban
Harbour area in the next
five years, creating
thousands of new jobs
and giving the city a gi-
gantic economic boost.

This was stated by Mr
P H de Bruin, Chief Su-
perintendent (Har-
bours) of the SA Trans-
port Services, when he
discussed future plan-
ning with members of
the Shipping and For-
warding Agents’ Asso-
ciation at its annual con-
ference in Durban
yesterday.

Major works planned
include:
@ An access road be-
tween the harbour and
Edwin “Swales VC
Drive, to be built in 1983-
84 at a cost of R7 600 000;
@ Improvement of the
rail entrance to the har-
bour at a cost of
R2 500000 and exten-

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sions of pre-cooling fa-
cilities at M shed which
the Citrus Exchange
would finance at a cost
of R2 700 000;

© Replacement of
wharf cranes, R20-mil-
lion;

@ IMprovements in
stage one to the marine
access, R13-million;

@ A turning basin at
Maydon Wharf 5 at a
cost of R13-million.

© Reconstruction of the
grain berth at Maydon
Whart No 8 at a cost of
R19 000 000, re-develop-
ment of A and N berths,
R11 800 000 and replace-
ment of the floating
dock by a Sincro-lift
R13 800 000;

@ Widening and deep-
ening of the Silt Canal,
R3 600 000;

@ Re-development of
the Bluff wharves at
R17 200 000;

@ Widening of the Es-
planade-Maydon Chan-
nel for improved marine

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SOUTH AFRICA

access, R4 600 000.

There were also plans
at Richards Bay to pro-
vide a multi-purpose fa-
cility behind a further
three quays to cater for
products such as steel,
timber, logs, granite and
ferro-alloys.

It was also expected
that the major part of
theGovernment’s Phase
4 coal export program-
me, which included 44-
million tons for the pre-
vious phase, plus four
million tons being ex-
ported through Durban
and Maputo, plus a fur-
ther 25-million tons —73-
million in otal annually
— would probably be
achieved towards the
end of 1990.

Should a decision be
reached to proceed with
a maize elevator at Rich-
ards Bay, as suggested
by the Maize Board, this
could be fully operatio-
nal by 1988, Mr de Bruin
said. — Sapa.



BRIEFS

POSSIBLE COCOA PRODUCTION DECLINE--Ghana's cocoa production for the 1981/82
crop year may show an overall decline of some 28,000 metric tonnes from the
1980/81 figure, according to the Gill and Duffus statistics for May this
year. The country's 1980/81 production figure was estimated at 258,000
metric tonnes and the forecast figure for the current season is 230,000
metric tonnes. However, Ghana still keeps her third place on the chart of
the world's major producers of the crop. The Ivory Coast is expected to
keep her first place with a further rise in production. She recorded an
estimated 412,000 metric tonnes last season and will go up to 460,000 tonnes
in 1981/82. fexcerpt] [Accra DAILY GRAPHIC in English 6 Jul 82 p 1]

UPPER REGION DROUGHT--A severe drought has hit the Upper Region for almost
a month now and newly planted crops are withering away. A survey conducted
by the Graphic in the Bawku Navrongo, Bolgatanga and Sandema districts
revealed that if the rains do not set in within the next few days these
areas would have poor harvests. A cross-section of the farmers interviewed
expressed concern over the lack of rains, This is one particular year that
farming in the area has been given a big boost with the availability of
tractors resulting in mass participation and the utilization of every
available land and the farmers are afraid that their efforts would come to
nought because of lack of rain, The farmers therefore called on christians
and moslems throughout the country to say special prayers for the rains to
set in. [Text] [Accra DAILY GRAPHIC in English 9 Jul 82 p 8]

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PTC WORKERS GET BIG PAY INCREASE

Warning on Saboteurs

Harare THE HERALD in English 3 Jul 82 p 3

[text]

SALARY inerements ranging from 1 to 23,5
Percent for Posts and Telecommunications
workers were announced yesterday by the
Deputy Minister of Information, Posts and Tele-

communications, Dr
Naomi Nhiwatiwa.

The increments are on a
tliding scale, with the
Teast-paid officials. on
$1200 a year getting 23,5
percent and those on
$20000 getting 1 per-
cent.

‘They would be back+
dated to January 1.

. Miss Nhiwatiwa also an-
nounced a new board for
the Posts and Telecommu-
nications Corporation.
“Dr R. T. Masaya has
taken over as chairman of
the board from Mr R. H:
Cole, and Mr J. M. Mago-
wan becomes deputy
ehairman,

Other board members
ere Mr C. Ndebele, Mr S.
Kuzvinzwa, Mr Tirivavi
Kangai, Mr A. Knotten-
belt, Mr Ignatius Chigwe-
fhdere, and Mr G. Mills as
fan ex-officio member.

Addressing the same
meeting, the Minister of
Information, Posts and
Telecommunications, Dr
Nathan Shamuyarira, said
that abuse of power by
people in positions of

authority would not be-

tolerated.
He urged workers to re-

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epect their seniors and re-
port to the ministry or
union any signs of abuse
of power.

Dr Shamuyarira said
that the workers should
increase production.

He said that racism in
the corporation would not
be condoned, adding that
all workers of the cor-
poration, whether white
or black, have the same
chances of promotion.

SABOTEURS

He also urged the wor-
kers to watch out for
saboteurs.

“These people should be
reported because they
do not like the Govern-
ment or the new order,”
he_ said.

He also warned people
not to accuse others
falsely, adding that there
should not be secret in-
quisitions.

Outlining plans for the
future, the minister said
that there were going to
be communication centres
at growth points identified
by the Government.

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gle for realizing the creation of wor
ker-péasant alliance, Serto Ader con-
cluded.

same issue touched upon the high-
lights of Comrade Chairman Men-
gistu _Haile-Mariam’s speech on the
opening of the Second Congress of
underlined the role the organization
of Ethiopian workers plays in rally-
ing the broad working masses in the
efforts being exerted in the on-going
construction process with the view to
realize the ultimate objectives of the
popular revolution. The. report also
covered the speeches of Comrade
Legesse Asfaw, PMAC Standing
Committee and COPWE Executive

Committee member and Chairman of '

the HighLevel AETU/AEPA Elec-
tion Committee, as well as Comrade
Mulugetta Yimer, former chairman
of AETU and representatives of. re-
gional workers” unions.

Successful Results

The Amharic daily Addis Zemen,
in one of its editorials, wrote about
the successful results achieved in or-
ganizing the peasants of Eritrea re
gion in accordance with the objectives
of the Multi-faceted Red Star Revo-
tutionary Campaign. The daily out-
lined the early conditions of the pea-
sants of the region who were deprived
of their legitimate rights to share the
fruits of the revolution. With this in
view, Zemen underlined the decisive
steps taken by the Revolutionary Go-
vernment and COPWE to do away

with the problem in the region once
and for all.

Consequently, the daily noted, just
as the. peasants in the other regions
did, the peasant masses of Eritrea re-’
gion have organized themselves at
‘regional level and stressed that this
organization would add momentum to
the struggle ahead with the view to
further their politi¢al and organiza-
tional strength and thereby realize the
ultimate objectives of the revolution
by way of realizing the goals of the
Campaign. Finally, Zemen stressed .
that the fact ‘the peasants of Eritrea

"region are liberated from the influ-

ence of the gang of separatist bandits
‘jn the region and take an active part
in the on-going revolutionary pro-
cess means an additional strength to
AEPA and the revolution in general.

Among the major news items co-
yered by the Amharic Weekly Yeza-
reitu Ethiopia was also the closing of
the Second Congress of AETU with
the adoption of a nine point resolu:
tion and election of its office bearers.
Both the editorial and an article that

appeared on the second page ge of the
same paper dwelt upon the need for

the organizational strength of AETU
and AEPA in view of the arduous
struggle ahead in the building of a
Decisive Role

In another second page article,
Yezareitu dealt with the part the
youth play in maintaining world
peace and stability. The article point-
ed out that the youth, which accounts
for over half the world’s population


TRANSPORT SERVICES UNDERTAKE TO CUT COSTS

Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 14 Jul 82 p 5

[Article by Marilyn Cohen]

[text]

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THE economic cli-
mate in the country
has forced the South
African ‘Transport
Services to introduce
a stringent campaign
to cut costs.

Transport _ Services
Staff throughout the
country have been told
of new belt-tightening
measures which will in-
clude:

@ No new housing
loans;

® No replacement of
staff who leave the ser-
vices;

@ A reduction in the
amount of overtime or
Sunday time that can
be worked;

@ A cutback on capi-
tal expenditure.

“The general slump
in the economy of the
country has affected
us,” a Railways spokes-
man told The Citizen.

One of the major ef-
fects of the slump has
been a reduction in the

was that there was less
traffic on the Sishen-
Saldanha line because
of a drop in exports of
iron ore, he said.

“We are also econo-
mising on power on the

line hy hauling fewer

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trucks. All this is being
done in an effort to
save.”

There was no real
slump in passenger ser-
vices, especially on sub-
urban lines but as far
as the main lines were
concerned, the Rail-
ways would not run as
many “special” trains
as usual.

The spokesman said
Transport Services

cost-cutting measures
“very positively. They
realise what the situa-
tion is and they are
doing their utmost to
help,” he said.

The same measures
apply fo all matt em-

Transport

Services — those on the

ilways, Airways and
Harbours.

An Airways spokes-
man said the amount of
goods being trans-
ported by air had also

“We have just had a

fantastic season
freighting _ perishable
goods for export, but as

far as manufactured

and our northbound
(export) traffic is much
Jower than our south-
bound (import),” he
said.

SOUTH AFRICA


STRYDOM PROMOTED--Mr Jaap Strydom, Johannesburg's Regional Director of
Education and Training has been promoted to the post of Chief Director,
Education Planning. Mr Strydom will assume duty in the new post in
Pretoria on September 1, He will be succeeded by Mr J.P. Engelbrecht,
presently Regional Director in the Cape. Mr G.W. Merbold, presently circuit
inspector of Grahamstown, has been promoted to take over from Mr Engelbrecht
as Director for the Cape region. This was announced in a Press statement
issued by Dr A.B, Fourie, Director General of Det. [Text] {Johannesburg
SOWETAN in English 13 Jul 82 p 2]

CHAKELA KILLER MISSING--The Prime Minister of Lesotho, Dr Leabua Jonathan
has accused people living in South Africa of assisting the Lesotho Liberation
Army, the military wing of the exiled opposition Basutoland Congress Party
in the murder of the former secretary-general of the Congress Party, Mr
Koenyama Chakela, in Leribe last week, According to a SABC report, he made
the accusation when speaking at the funeral of Mr Chakela in Leribe at the
weekend, The Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Mr C.D. Molapo

said it was significant that the killer had travelled with Mr Chakela in the
same taxi from Maseru and that he had decided to fire the fatal shots only
when the taxi had reached a point near the Lesotho/South Africa border where
he could easily cross the border and walk to the nearby Ficksburg location,
He claimed that Lesotho Liberation Army supporters lived in Ficksburg loca-~
tion. The assassin has not yet been arrested and the police are still
investigating. [Text] [Johannesburg SOWETAN in English 13 Jul 82 p 2]

BANNED FROM ENTERING SA--The acting president of the Media Workers' Associa~
tion of SA, Mr Charles Nqakula, has been declared a prohibited immigrant by
South Africa and will now be required to obtain a visa to enter the country.
Another person served a letter by the Government prohibiting him from leaving
the Ciskei and entering South Africa without a visa is Mr Malusi Mpumlwana,
a first-year theology student. This means that they will now be confined

to the Ciskei and will have problems moving from one city to another in

that area as to do so they have to cross through South African territory.
Letters served on the two men--presently living in the Ciskei--are signed by
the South African Director-General of Internal Affairs, The ban renders the
two men total foreigners in South Africa because their exemption from the
requirements to be in possession of a temporary permit in terms of the Aliens
Act of 1973 has also been withdrawn, Neither Mr Nqakula nor Mr Mpumlwana
has a passport or travel documents. If the visas are not granted by the
Department of Internal Affairs the men will be effectively prohibited to
leave the magisterial district of Zwelitsha, Ciskei, as to reach other mjor
centres in the territory they will have to travel through South Africa.
Both Mr Nqakula and Mr Mpumlwana have been banned before and their banning
orders were lifted earlier this year, The South African Society of
Journalists (SASJ) has condemmed the Government action against the men.
[text] [Johannesburg SOWETAN in English 14 Jul 82 p 3]

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New Place Name Changes Confirmed
(THE FINANCIAL GAZETTE, 2 Jul 82).....ccccsccceecsececeecee OL

Nation Faces Critical Food Shortage
(Aida Parker; THE CITIZEN, 15 Jul 82)......ccccecccecceeeee 93

Serious Bread Shortage Next Year Seen Likely
(THE HERALD, 8 Jul 82)......cccceccccecceccsceccesesctcesee 95

Farms Output Enough To Feed Nation
(THE HERALD, 7 Jul 82)....ccceeceececceccccecctecesserenees 96

Governemt Needs Income, Prospects Bleak
(Editorial; THE FINANCIAL GAZETTE, 2 Jul 82)...........+2-. 98

Government Contemplates Buying Into Issels
(David Linsell; THE HERALD, 8 Jul 82)....cccecccccccccecees 99

Trade Balance Upset by Purchase of NRZ Locomotives
(THE HERALD, 8 Jul 82).....ccececccccceccceccceesevesseeees LOL

Depressed Timber Market 'Reflects Industries’ State’
(THE FINANCIAL GAZETTE, 2 Jul 82)......ccceeeeessecccevcees 102

Fertiliser Prices Up by 12 Percent

(THE HERALD, 3 Jul 82)....... pect e een ence cececccceeerecee 104
Briefs
Pakistani Engineers 105
Stockfeeds Production 105
Communication Firms Merge 105
Devaluation Possible 105
AFC Loans 106
Trade Agreement With Lesotho 106
Yugoslav Methods 106
Power Plan 106
Paramilitary Brigades 107
Bomb Scare 107



AFC LOANS--The Agricultural Finance Corporation plans to give seasonal and
medium-term loans of $26.8 million to 44 500 farmers during the coming season,
a spokesman for the parastatal said yesterday, The corporation, which also
runs the resettlement loan programme for the Government, intends to help 6 500
settlers with loans totalling $4.9 million next season. The loans are subject
to the prevailing interest rate. This is part of the previously announced
plans to give $38.4 million to 65 000 communal and small-scale farmers by the
end of 1984, In terms of the Small Farm Credit Scheme short-term seasonal
loans and medium-term development loans are available to registered and
experienced small-scale farmers with title or lease agreements and to farmers
or groups of farmers who are registered and experienced communal producers.
Long-term loans are available for capital costs. [Text] [Harare THE HERALD
in English 3 Jul 82 p 1]

TRADE AGREEMENT WITH LESOTHO--Lesotho and Zimbabwe yesterday became trading
partners after an agreement was signed by representatives of both countries.
Zimbabwe's Minister of Trade and Commerce, Mr Richard Hove, said the volume
of trade between the two countries in the past had been small but with the
signing of the agreement, "we can look forward to a significant expansion."
Lesotho's High Commissioner to Zimbabwe, Mr David Makoae, said trade between
countries was an effective way of communicating. "I have no doubt that our
people will derive immense benefit from this agreement." Goods which Zimbabwe
may import from Lesotho include domestic light fittings, powerline equipment,
soya beans, wool, beef, mutton, pharmaceutical products and pottery. Exports
from Zimbabwe to Lesotho may include mize, flue-cured tobacco, rubber tyres
and tubes, agricultural machinery, fencing, ready-made clothing, seeds,
domestic enamelware and door and window frames, [Text] [Harare THE HERALD
in English 3 Jul 82 p 7]

YUGOSLAV METHODS--Zimbabwe can learn much from Yugoslavia's agricultural
and political organisation, the Deputy Prime Minister, Mr Simon Muzenda,
said at the weekend, Mr Muzenda was speaking in Harare on his return from
the 12th annual session of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia.
"Agriculture in Yugoslavia is fascinating. We saw many things there, in
particular cattle being fattened in a small building and fed froma nine ha
grass patch, These cattle gave 45 million litres of milk a year." ZANU
(PF) could learn a great deal from Yugoslavia's political organisation and
the delegation would present its observations to the central committee, he
said, Mr Muzenda said his trip had been invaluable. It was the first time
he had visited Yugoslavia since the liberation struggle, Then he had been
seeking war materials but now the countries were exploring ways to improve
relations further, The closing session of the congress, he said, had
unanimously called for the withdrawal of Israel from the Lebanon. [Text]
[Harare THE HERALD in English 5 Jun 82 p 5]

POWER PLAN--More than 14 000 municipal houses in Harare still have to be
electrified and this could cost more than $5,5 million and take more than

10 years, a council committee has been told. The last meeting of the health,
housing and community services committee which was given a quarterly report
on the electrification programme was told that $1,4 million had so far been
spent on the programme, In the three months since the beginning of March

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which, he stressed, was "non-ethnic," said his organisation wanted to avoid
confrontation. "We also want to avoid racial riots between Swazis and
Zulus, not only in the affected areas, but in places like Soweto," he said.
"We feel all South Africans are being affected by this move to hand over
South African land to a foreign country." The petition is to be sent to the
Prime Minister, Mr P.W. Botha and the Minister of Cooperation and Develop-
ment, Mr Piet Koornhof. Mr Mhlungu said his association would also draw up
a list of motions to be presented at King Goodwill Zwelithini's giant
indaba to be held at Ulundi, Zululand's capital, at the end of the month.
The king has invited all his subjects to attend this national convention of
Zulus. The only item on the agenda will be Ingwavum which, according to
Mr Mhlungu, is the traditional home of Zulu kings. [Text] [Johannesburg
THE CITIZEN in English 10 Jul 82 p 3]

POLICE COMMANDANT--Colonel J,H. Pheiffer has been appointed District Comman=
dant of the Eastern Transvaal with Middelburg as a base from the beginning

of July. He succeeds Col and Pat Gough who was killed in a motor accident
last month. Col Pheiffer (53) was born at Tweeling in the Free State in

1928 and joined the South African Police in 1948, Col Pheiffer has had
riot-control experience and is also well informed about operational activity.
He had done several spells of border duty in South West Africa and then
Rodesia, In 1952 he married Anna Schoombee and they have two sons and a
daughter, Both the boys have followed in their father's footsteps and are
also policemen, [Text [Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 14 Jul 82 p 16]

VISA BAN SLAMMED--Cape Town--The Southern African Society of Journalists has
condemned the withdrawal of visa privileges to Mwasa president Mr Charles
Nqakula and a theology student, Mr Malusi Mpumlwana. In a statement issued
in Cape Town, the president of the SASJ, Mr David Bleasard, said: "The
SASJ condemns the withdrawal of exemption of visa requirements of Mwasa
president Mr Charles Nqakula and theology student Mr Malusi Mpumlwana with
the apparent aim of confining them to the Ciskei, "The society is opposed
to all Government policies and actions which limit freedom of movement and
other democratic rights, "This latest use of an apartheid technicality as
a means of control or intimidation should be cancelled immediately and the
exemption restored."--Sapa [Text] [Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English
14 Jul 82 p 5] ’

MORE ROBBEN ISLAND RELEASES--At least seven prisoners jailed in terms of
security legislation had been granted parole under the new system introduced
by the Government. A spokesman for the Prisons Department in Pretoria
confirmed last night that prisoners had been released but declined, for
their own safety, to give names or numbers, Two of the men spoke to reporters
after being released, They are Mr Joe Mati (49) of Mdantsane and Mr Mluleki
George of Qongqotha township near King William's Town. Mr George, released
on July 1, served a sentence of five years in terms of the Suppression of
of Communism Act, The reason for Mr Mati's imprisonment was not known. Both
men served sentences on Robben Island, Sources said five other prisoners,
three from South West Africa and two from Johannesburg had been released,
but no further details about them were known, Mr Mati was released from
Robben Island with the five other prisoners and Mr George was in the East
London prison prior to his release.--Sapa [Text] [Johannesburg THE CITIZEN
in English 14 Jul 82 p 15]

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DEPRESSED TIMBER MARKET ‘REFLECTS INDUSTRIES* STATE’

Harare THE FINANCIAL GAZETTE in English 2 Jul 82 p 1

[text]

A REDUCTION in building acti-
vity throughout the country, the
switch-over from wooden plywood
to other forms of packaging for tea
and coffee and a big drop in the
demand for furniture have all
combined to depress the timber
industry this year.

The adverse results of Border
Timbers Ltd, published last week
by the Anglo. American Corpora-
tion, are only.one symptom of the
malaise now affecting this and
allied industries in Zimbabwe.

The Border Timbers report said
that demand for its timber and
manufactured products (chiefly
pinewood and veneers for the fur-
niture industry) has dropped,
operations have had to be cut back
and that Government permission
to retrench part of its labour force
had been granted.

The company’s stockpile. of
timber is now $1.5 million greater
than at this time last year, all
capital .expenditure apart from
work.in hand has been deferred
and additional short-term finance
has had tg be incurred. This is
despite the present high interest
rates.

LOSS FORECAST

The company has had to pass
the dividend for the year ended 31
March 1982 and also forecast that
if the demand for timber does not
improve this year it will still incur a
loss, despite the cut-back in its
operations.

This is not a happy picture, with
operating profits: down to $1.3
million as against $2.6 million last

-year and earnings similarly. down

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by half.to 11,8c as against 23 cents
last year when the building and
furniture industries were booming.

Giving reasons for the present
situation, a spokesman for Border
Timbers said this week that it was
due to a marked economic down-
turn throughout the country this
year.

“After independence things
looked bright and for the first time
we paid a dividend, But this year
building and mining activity has
declined with a consequent drop
in the-demand for timber. There
has been a swing away from wood
for boxes and the furniture
demand has slackened.””

The spokesman confirmed that
part of the labour force had been
retrenched. But he declined to say
how many had been affected at its
four timber estates in the Eastern
Districts and at its other opera-
tions throughout Zimbabwe.

Several large firms connected
with the building industry this
week confirmed that there had
been a ‘“‘drastic”’ drop in all types
of building activity, from the resi-
dential and commercial building
sectors in urban areas to Govern-
ment building in rural areas.

TIMBER DEMAND

“The demand for timber and
building materials. largely. reflects
the state of all other industries in a
country, But today the mining in-
dustry is in big trouble, the agri-
cultural sector is gloomy and indus-
try is suffering from foreign
currency shortages, a skills. drain
and a big drop in productivity
which is estimated at as much as

ZIMBABWE



ROLE OF TRADE ATTACHES IN EUROPE REPORTED

Harare THE HERALD in English 8 Jul 82 p 1

[Article by Keith Atkinson]

[text]

ZIMBABWE'S trade at-
taches in Europe have
been well received by
the international busi-
ness community, said
Mr Joe van den Bergh,
chairman of the Con-
federation of Zimbabwe
Industries’ trade pro-
motion committee.

‘Mr van den Bergh, who
recently returned from an
extensive trade tour of
four European countries,
said the attaches are very
impressive in the worl
they are doing.

“They are keen to help
businessmen and can be of
tremendous assistance ve-
cause of thelr contacts in
foreign government de-
partments.”

For businessmen who
were new to the Inter-
national markets, the at-
taches could save them
time by providing  in-
formation on the right
people to contact Im any
field.

‘We are still relatively
young on the world trade
acene and one of the prob-
lems ts knowing who ts
who, This is where our
embassies can help and
also the trade organ-
isations In the various
countries.” .

During his trip to Hol-

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land, Britain, Belgium and
Switzerland, Mr van dep
Bergh visited fairs and
trade centres such as the
United Kingdom Trade
Agency and the United
Nations International
Trade Centre headquar-
ters in Geneva.

Fe believed that the
quality of Zimbabwean
goods warranted their ex-
Hibition in specialised
fairs and not just the gen-
era) fairs for developing
countries,

He also found much
interest. In this country
among European
bustnessmen who tended
to be well informed about
the local situation and
saw this country as the
focat point for regional
development.

“The business com-
raunity over there hat
enormous amounts of date
at its disposal and they.
ave beginning to make
positive approacies to
Zimbabwe,” said Mr van
den Bergh. vi

But the effects of the
world recession were bit-
ing; money was much
tighter, so people were
more cautious about thelr
investments, . "

One of the aims of hit
visit was to gather.
further information on the;
potential for exports to

Europe. In. particular,

there was a demand fot

certain types of furniture,”

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ZIMBABWE

wood products, fruit and:
vegetables. o

Mr van den Bergh sald’,
a code of investment wak,
Important te European in-
vestors as they had to
show their shareholdera:
that an Investment waa
secure. ;

NECESSARY

He said it was purely a
business arrangement af’
tn some countries such 2.
code was necessary before”
the investor could get
covering {nsurance from
his own government. «,

Such underwriting les‘
sened the risk factor
which was an Important
consideration as prevail:
Ing high interest rates,
meant money could be In-
vested with no risk and
with a high return in the
home country.

“tn other words to
secure investment in this
country we need to offer a
high return and a low risk
to the potential Investor.”

While the constitution
was a form of guarantee,
businessmen still wanted 3
neat, concise document de-
tailing the country’s in-
vestment criteria.

Companies in| Europe
were interested tn using
their links and resources
to act as brokers for deals
between Zimbabwe and
other countries, and this
could become a useful
part of much-needed two-
way trade.



SPLIT WAS DISASTER FOR AFRIKANER, SAYS FAK CHIEF

Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 15 Jul 82 p 10

[Text]

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CAPE TOWN. — The
political split in Afrika-
nerdom earlier this.
year was, for the Afri-
kaner, a disaster worse
than the present econ-
omic recession, Profes-
sor GG Cillie, chairman
of the Afrikaanse Fede-
vasie van Kultuurver-
enigings (FAK) said
yesterday.

Speaking at the an-
nual meeting for the
FAK, Prof Cillie said
the political division
threatened the con-
tinued existence of the
Afrikaner people.

“At a time when the
onslaughts on our cul-
ture and on our nation
increase ig -intensi
we can ill afford
divided on real or sup-
posed principles,” he
said.

Prof Cillie said the
FAK could make a con-
tribution to restore lost
unity.

“The FAK must con-
tribute its part to en-
sure that the current
Afrikaner differences
do not develop into in-
surmountable personal
differences. They must
prevent our people
from ‘taking fellow
Afrikaners to pieces.”

Turning to the Afri-
kaans language, the
topic of discussion at

year’s meeting,
Prof Cillie announced
that the FAK would re-

asity,
to be

55

tain its ban on coloured
members.

“From educated and
other circles the sug-
gestion was made that
we must try to win the
coloured people for
Afrikaans by mem*
bership of the FAK.

“The executive dis-
cussed the matter and
decided that they could
not recommend such a
suggestion at this
stage. We would never-
theless like to help if

there are Coloured
people who want to or-
ganise their Afrikaans
cultural activities.”

Prof Cillie called on
Afrikaners to promote
and uphold Afrikaans
by buying and reading
Afrikaans books, maga-
zines and newspapers
and speaking Afri-
kaans in private con-
versations, shops, ho-
tels and other public
places.

“T notice that we are
increasingly served by
non-Whites in shops
and hotels and in many
cases these people are
unwilling to speak Afri-
kaans.

“We will have to
stand together like our
predecessors stood to-
gether in the early days
of the FAK if we want
to maintain our posit-
ion on the language
front.” — Sapa.

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‘That by giving Swapo the chance — some
will agree, the certainty — of taking over
via a poll loaded in its favour, we are
abandoning fellow-Whites, including

Also, that even if we cement our

friendship with President Reagan by’

. agreeing to an international settlement
in South West Africa, we do not know
who will succeed President Reagan when
he ceases to be President and what his
successor’s policy towards South Africa
will be. =

‘The Government will say that since it
knows what the war costs, the internat-

| ional consequences if South Africa con-
tinues to be accused of dragging its heels
over a settlement, and the long-term
strategic issues involved, it is in the best
position to decide what should be done
(an assumption its opponents will not ac-
cept).

We can only hope that when the time
comes for a settlement, the Government
will fully inform the public of the whys
- and wherefores.

It owes this not just to the ordinary citi-
zens of South Africa, but to the Boys on
the Border who risked their lives (some
of them paid the supreme penalty) to}

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report it; Koranteng-Addow, directly, and.
Agyepong indirectly, were connected with
adverse rulings when GIHOC workers
petition against wrongful dismissal, which
Acquah is said to have been a close friend
of Col. Annor Odjidjah, director of Milit-
ary Intelligence. Therefore, the argument
uns, it must be AFRC/PNDC people who
are responsible.

There are no easy answers. If an outside
job, it could involve combined Ghanaian
and foreign interests using Ghanaians,
soldiers or civilians. If an inside job, it is
most likely to be soldiers, and a case of
political suicide if anybody in the PNDC
sponsored it. Perhaps some lower ranks
hungered too long for the spectacle of
punishment. When the ranks are nominally
in power, the old training — essentially to
repress, mainly ordinary people, rarely the
middle class — continues to operate. The
brutalities of the past six months (even if
multiplied, when not invented, by political
opponents) must be condemned no less
strongly than these murders. The nature of
the armed forces relates to the evolution of
the society and policy.

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GRIM ECONOMIC PROSPECTS REPORTED

London WEST AFRICA in English 12 Jul 82 p 1795

[Editorial]

[text]

THE BUDGET SPEECH which Mr. Salia Jusu-Sheriff
delivered to the Sierra Leone Parliament (see page 1801)
had something of the effects of a bucket of very cold water
in the face, being both surprising and refreshing.

The first surprise was that the speech included not one
fiscal measure; no taxes were changed or introduced, no
spending plans modified. The second surprise effectively
explained the first. Towards the end of his speech Mr.
Jusu-Sheriff said that having presented the Appropriation
Bill to the House, in accordance with the Constitution, he
proposed to defer the Second and Third readings of the
Bill whilst he considered the details that it should
include, as he said: “my sojourn in the Ministry of Finance
has not been long enough to permit of a thorough
appraisal of these complex issues which should underpin
the structure of the budget. At the same. time, even with
my limited stay in the Ministry, I have become convinced
that, in the light of our present economic problems, it is
imperative that we take a new look at our budgetary
methods and practices’’.

To meet the necessary bills of government he said that
he would seek authority to draw upon the Consolidated
Fund for four months, before the end of which he would
present amended and more realistic estimates to the
House. These aré certainly needed since those already
available to him foresaw total expenditure of Le480m.
against an income (revenue plus grants) of Le243.3m. Mr.
Jusu-Sheriff described the deficit indicated by these
figures as “alarming”.

Mr. -Jusu-Sheriff had started his speech with the
virtually traditional review of the international economic
scene. It was during this review that he produced his
graphic picture of the economic scissors of falling demand
for exports and high financial costs cutting into the
developing countries. Having pointed out the problems
beyond Sierra Leone’s shores, and control, he did not stay
to lay the blame for the nation’s discomfort overseas.

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SIERRA LEONE



NEW GOVERNMENT APPOINTMENTS ANNOUNCED

Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 14 Jul 82 p 3

[Article by Jaap Theron]

[text]

THE outgoing Minister
of Posts and Telecom-
munications, Mr Hen-
nie Smit, has been ap-
pointed a member of
the President's Coun-
cil where he will serve
as chairman of the
Planning Committee.

Announcing Mr Smit’s
appointment last
night, the Prime Min-
ister, Mr P W Botha,
said Dr Dennis Wor-
rall’s appointment as
Ambassador to Aus-
tralia had brought
about a number of
charges in the coun-

cil.

Dr Schalk van der
Merwe would become
chairman of the Con-
stitutional Committee
in Dr Worrall’s place
and Mr Braam Rau-
benheimer would be
the new chairman of
the Economic Affairs
Committee.

“Mr Botha said Dr Willie
van Niekerk would re-
main chairman of the
Community Relations
Committee, while Dr
E J Marais would stay
on as Chairman of the
scientific committee.

The appointments

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would become effec-
tive on August 2.

Meanwhile, Dr Willie
Kotze, MP for Parys,
has been appointed
ambassador to Bop-
huthatswana to suc-
ceed the retiring en-
vous, Dr © Willie
Vosloo.

Dr Kotze (51) is chair-
man of the foreign af-
fairs study group of
the National party in
Parliament and ob-
tained all his degrees
including his doctor-
ate in political science
through private
study.

Since he was elected to
Parliament in 1970 he
served in various
study groups and is
presently also chair-
man of the Ciskei im-
plementation commit-
tee, member of the
National Parks Board
and deputy chairman
of the Commission for
Co-operation and De-
velopment.

The leader of the New
Republic party, Mr
Vause Raw, yesterday
commented on the re-
moval of Dr Worrall
from the President’s

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Council in a_ state-
ment released in Cape
Towp.

Mr Raw said Dr Wor-
rall’s removal from
the chairmanship of
the Constitutional
Committee of the
council could have se-
rious implications for
South Africa if it indi-
cated that the under-
lying philosophy of
the proposals of the
committee were not
acceptable to the Gov-
ernment.

Mr Raw said he wanted
to warn the Prime
Minister, Mr P W Bo-
tha, not to use the
President’s Council as
a “dumping ground”
for retired Ministers,

The statement said:
“Linked to long stand-
ing rumours of differ-
ences betwy
Heunis and Dr Wor-
rall and the creation
of the new Depart-
ment of Constitution-
al Development, it
would be desastrous
to the credibility of
the President's Coun-
cil if this were seen as
a move to shunt Dr
Worrall out of the way

SOUTH AFRICA

in order to make room
for someone who
would become and in-
strument of the new
department.

“The last straw would
be if he were to be re-
placed by ex-minister
Hennie Smit, whose
remarks in  Parlia-
ment during the
President’s Council
debate creased such a
strong backlash
among all groups.

“I want to warn the
Prime Minister not to
use the President's
Council as a dumping
ground for retired
ministers for whom
positions have to be
found if he does not
want to destroy what
credibility its propo-
sals have created as
the base the future
development.

“The Government could
then just as well dis-
band the President's
Council, as far as any
likelihood of achiev-
ing the essential trust
necessary for future
negotiations with all
groups on a new
South Africa,” the
statement said.



inside and outside the country is that there can be no normal sport in an
abnormal society," the statement said, Azapo further condemmed those
business concerns which "reap large profits from Black cheap labour."--Sapa
[text] [Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 13 Jul 82 p 5]

CISKEIAN RESHUFFLE--King William's Town--A Ciskeian Cabinet Minister has
been relieved of his post and several new appointments have been made in a
Cabinet reshuffle announced by President Sebe, Chief L.M. Ngwekazi, Minister
of Transport has been relieved of his post and appointed to the newly-created
post of general project manager of all Ciskeian development schemes. He will
be stationed in Peddie, Mr Namba Sebe, deputy Minister of Transport, has
been appointed Minister of the department. Another new appointment was that
of Mr L.M. Fani, MP for Victoria East, as deputy Minister of Rural Develop-
ment, a new division of the Department of Agriculture. The deputy President,
Reverend W.M. Xaba, has been asked by President Sebe to devote half his

time to agricultural development.--Sapa [Text] [Johannesburg THE CITIZEN
in English 10 Jul 82 p 4]

HEUNIS ON REFORM--Port Elizabeth--The Minister of Internal Affairs, Mr
Chris Heunis, said in Port Elizabeth yesterday the way to constitutional
reform in South Africa lay in co-operation with other language and race
groups. He told the Afrikaanse Studentebond congress the Afrikaner no
longer faced an identity crisis but shared in the fight for existence with
other groups in South Africa, He said Whites had tended to misuse their
power in the past and this should be overcome for reform to take place.--
Sapa [Text] [Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 13 Jul 82 p 11]

ATIANTIS ENGINE BLOCKS=-The new R40-million Atlantis Foundry erected to make
the IDC-backed Atlantis Diesel Engine factory management independent of
imported engine blocks is now in its final commissioning stages and engine
blocks are being produced for test purposes, says Mr Stephan Hrabar, General
manager of Engineering Management Services (Cape). In association with a
firm of Swiss consultants, George Fischer, Engineering Management Services
has been responsible for the engineering design, the procurement of machinery
and materials, the construction and precommissioning of the plant. "On the
foundry work itself our role was mainly that of coordinator," said Mr Hrabar,
"but we were directly responsible for the conventional civil, structural,
mechanical and electrical design." Mr Hrabar said that the new foundry
would initially produce engine blocks up to 11 000cc in capacity and that
when fullscale production had been attained, some 12 000 tons of castings,
being equivalent to 5 000 diesel engines per annum, would be produced. Mr
Hrabar added that the fast-track programme for the installation and the
commissioning of the foundry machinery had resulted in only seven months
being required from the arrival of the first machinery to the final commis-
stoning of the units. [text] [Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 13 Jul 82
p 23

SOWETO PETITION--The Soweto Residents' Committee has drawn up a petition
"pleading with the Government in the name of democratic negotiations to
return Ingwavuma and KaNgwane to the respective authorities while a just
settlement is being sought." Mr Albert Mhlungu, chairman of the association,

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Alongside the tea development millions of seedlings of ecalyptus trees will
be planted for firewood, the Department disclosed,

After a few years the tea development at the two projects will meet the
demand of the country and save the foreign currency that is being expended
for importing tea. There is no doubt that this will also create job
opportunities for many people.

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ALL SIGNS POINT TO SWAPO VICTORY IN SWA

SOUTH AFRICA

Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 15 Jul 82 p 6

lEditoriai]

[Text]

WE CAN brace ourselves for a Swapo
takeover of South West Africa..

That is the hidden message in the break-’

through which has been achieved in the
Western contact. group’s negotiations
with South Africa, Swapo and other in-
terested parties.

For the simple fact of the matter is that
Swapo has agreed to take part in the
election — though it will be controlled by
the Administrator-General — and there
are unlikely to be any stumbling blocks
in the remaining’ negotiations dealing
with the United Nations peacekeeping
force and other issues. ~

Since all parties will have an equal chance ~

to win the election, it will be suggested in
some quarters that the party that will
take over will not necessarily be Swapo.
We think that is a vain hope.’

Swapo is the so-called “liberation” force in
that region — and events in recent years:
have shown that “liberation” forces take

over once White or White-Black moder-.

ate rule ends.

Besides, Swapo has the allegiance of the:

great majority of Wambos — and they
form more than 50 percent of the popula-
tion.

Some people have pinned their hopes on
Mr Peter Kalangula, the Wambo ex-DTA
leader, holding a balance between the

~DTA and Swapo, but he is more likely, in
the event of a Swapo victory, to form an
alliance with it.

There is also a suggestion that Swapo may
not win a two-thirds majority to decide
‘on the kind of constitution it wants, but
that, too, is clutching at straws. ~

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AIF signs point to Swapo winning a clear
victory — and we shall have to live with
.the consequences.

Some of you may not care. You will say
that the defence of the territory was not

= worth the lives of our soldiers.

You will say that we are fighting a sense-
less, futile war, since there is no way in
which South Africa can hold on to the
territory forever as a rich godfather
spending a fortune to keep it out of the
hands of Swapo.

Perhaps it is the view as well of the Gov-
ernment.

Perhaps it will say that we cannot go on
fighting what is developing into a Viet-
<“nam-style war, with the Russians, East

+ Germans and Cubans helping to destabi-
lise the region and. the danger of their
taking an active role.

Perhaps it will say that we are spending |

=, R600-million a year to defend the border

* and another R200-million a year to help
the South West African economy, and
that this money could be better spent)
helping to build up a post-independence

| South West Africa, or on our Own coun-
-* try and its inhabitants.

Other people, particularly Right-wingers,
will throw their hands up in horror and
yell “sell-out.”

They will say that it is better to defend
ourselves on the Angolan border than
have to defend ourselves on our own bor-
ders.

That we should keep up the fight because
we are pledged to defend South West |
Africa. .


Monetary Authority Reports on Economy
(NATION, 3 Jul 82).cccsecececcccccevccrccceecresccesccescee

NWU Delegation Returns From Seminar in Czechoslovakia
(NATION, 24 Jun 82)........- rere rere ry Seen cere eeeeeene

Spanish Fishing Talks Get a Stage Further
(NATION, 8 Jul 82)........ et etaeees Bee ee reece eee eenereeenes

Briefs
Yugoslav Congress

SIERRA LEONE

Correspondent Reports Elections Nearly Complete
(WEST AFRICA, 12 Jul 82)........

Grim Economic Prospects Reported
(Editorial; WEST AFRICA, 12 Jul 82)........seeeseeceee eee

Hospital, Bank Strikes Reported
(WEST AFRICA, 12 Jul 82).....eccccccseccsceccrecerececers

SOUTH AFRICA

New Government Appointments Announced
(Jaap Theron; THE CITIZEN, 14 Jul 82)........ cee eee eeeeee

CP. Claims Lead in Germiston by Election Campaign
(THE CLTLZEN, 14 Jul 82)... .c cc ccc cece eerncccccnceenncoes

Mamelodi Residents Demand Elections
(Normal Ngale; SOWETAN, 12 Jul 82).........006 eeeeee wees

All Signs Point to SWAPO Victory in SWA
(Editorial; THE CITIZEN, 15 Jul 82)......ccceeeeccceeeees

SAPA Correction of General Coetzee's Statement Reported
(THE CLTLZEN, 10 Jul 82)..... ec cee cece cece eecesecccee

MPs Visit Police Bases on Border
(THE CITIZEN, 15 Jul 82).....

Security Police Release Reverend Chikane
(Willie Bokala; SOWETAN, 12 Jul 82)..

Split Was Disaster for Afrikaner, Says FAK Chief
(THE CITIZEN, 15 Jul 82).... .

Defence Chief Gives Assurances on New Call-up
(Keith Abendroth; THE CITIZEN, 13 Jul 82)..

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LACK OF CAPITAL SEEN INHIBITING GROWIH, JOB OPPORTUNITIES

Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 14 Jul 82 p 9

[text]

cso:

4700/1572

THE Corporation for
Economic Develop-
ment, battling to give
impetus to the decen-
tralisation policy by
creating jobs for Black
states’ citizens, actually
only created 21 738 new
jobs in the past year —
less than 20 percent of
the demand facing it.

This was revealed
yesterday by the Man-
aging Director of the
corporation, Dr J Aden-
dorff, when he pres-
ented the annual report
of the corporation at a
special luncheon.

He said the corpora-
tion had created the
new direct job opportu-
nities despite the ad-
verse economic condit-
ions in the country.

However, at present
about 260000 work-
seekers — of which just
over half were in the
national states — en-
tered the labour mar-
ket each year because
of the high population
growth rate of about 3,-
1 percent.

67

Although the cor-
poration was only one
of the organisations
creating job opportu-
nities, it nevertheless
proved that even more
effort, expertise and
capital must be utilised
in the process of job
creation — and of the
three components, capi-
tal was at present the
most important inhibi-
ting factor.

“To be more correct,
the lack of capital is in-
hibiting us. The pattern
of the corporation’s fi-
mancing has changed
considerably since its
inception and today far
greater use is being
made of private sector
capital obtained
through loan stock is-
sues.

“Up to now, the cor-
poration has been able
to get sufficient funds
on the strength of its
balance sheet, but this
process will not be
maintained unless we
get increased Govern-
ment support, either
through increased
share capital or
guarantees,” he said.

SOUTH AFRICA


FARMERS VOLUNTARILY REDUCE PRODUCER PRICE OF COCOA

Accra GHANAIAN TIMES in English 7 Jul 82 p 1

[Excerpt]

cso:

4700/1568

FARMERS in the Nyame Bekyere area

of the: Sefwi Wiawso district in the
Western Region ‘say they have volun-
tarily reduced the producer price of
their cocoa from the official price of
€720 to €300 a bag.

The farmers, from about 30 villages ir. ‘

the area, are the first group in the coun
try to respond to the PNDC appeal fo:
voluntary reduction in the cocoa price.

At a rally at Nyame Bekyere, also at
tended by the People’s Defence Com
mittees in. the area, the farmers said the
reduction was their contribution toward:
the success of the Revolution. :

According to Radio Ghana, the chie
farmer of the area, Nana Kwarteng usec
the occasion to appeal to the PNDC an:
the Western Regional Agricultural Tas!
(Force to set up a labour pool as a mean:

(of helping farmers to reduce labour cos!

Nana Kwarteng asked the governmen.
to suppiv farmers with the necessary in
puts anc undertake a crash programme
to get pipe-borne water to the rural areas

Addressing the rally, the PNDC mili-
tary representative in charge of cocoz
evacuation in the district, thanked the
farmers in the area for taking the initia-
tive to reduce the price.

He appealed to them to help
end smuggling of cocoa in the
area.

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GHANA



MPHEPHU ACCUSES FANIE BOTHA OF UNDERMINING VENDA
Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 10 Jul 82 p 3

[article by Marilyn Cohen]

[text]

cso:

THE President of
Venda, Chief Patri-
ck Mphephu, yester-
day accused the
South African Min-
ister of Manpower,
Mr Fanie Botha of
“undermining Ven-
da’s integrity and
sovereignty”.

He was referring to Mr
Botha’s announcement
in Louis Trichardt this
week of “final land con-
solidation plans” for
Venda.

Mr Botha had as-
sured 300 people at a
public meeting in the
town that Louis Tri-
chardt, Messina and
other White towns in
the area would never be
given to Venda.

However, President
Mphephu said yester-
day that he would insist
that Messina, Louis Tri-
chardt, Tshipise, Soek-
mekaar, Bandalierkop
and Levubu be incor-
porated into his coun-
try."My Government
will pursue this (the in-
corporation of these

4700/1572

towns) with determina-
tion and ‘with every-
thing at its disposal.

“The unilateral an-
nouncement of political
borders of a friendly in-
dependent State at a
political rally intended,
perhaps, to pacify the
feelings of voters can-
not internationally be
regarded as anything
else but the undermin-
ing of that State’s in-
tegrity and sovereign-
ty.” 8

President Mphephu
also expressed surprise
“that there was an
agreement on Mr Bo-
tha’s so-called final
phase of the consolida-
tion of Venda.

“If this was the final
phase, when was the
first one?”

He claimed that when
Mr Botha had visited
his office, nothing had
been said about “con-
solidation, final phase
and the agreement”.

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SOUTH AFRICA

“What he announced

was not what he dis- ,

cussed. As far as I am
concerned, the Republic
of Venda could not dis-
cuss or conclude an
agreement on a matter
which is still in the
hands of the two com-
missions legally consti-
tuted by the two
States.”

The two commissions
are the Ravele Land
Consolidation Commis-
sion and the Van der
Walt Commission.

People at Mr Botha’s
public meeting had ex-
pressed gratitude and
relief at his announce-
ment of the “final
plan”.

When asked by a
member of the audience
whether the plan was
indeed final, Mr Botha
replied: “it is final on
these points.” Earlier,
he had conceded at a
Press conference that
he could not speak for
Venda Government.



HOMELANDS INDEPENDENCE CREATES PASSPORT PROBLEMS FOR BLACKS

Johannesburg SOWETAN in English 14 Jul 82 p 1

[text]

cso:

4700/1573

MILLIONS of blacks
whose ancestors. came
from the so-called ‘‘in-
dependent homelands”
will no longer carry
South African refer-
ence books..

In terms of the Sta-
tus Act. they are for-
eigners in South. Africa
and will have to carry
travel documents: that
will substitute the pass
books.

- According to the
Status Act, millions of

-other blacks in the ur-

bar areas are likely to
be affected if their
“homelands” opt for
independence. This
startling revelation was
unearthed after wor-
ried parents, who are
trying to get reference

-books:for their chil

dren whp haye come of
age, phoned The SO-
WETAN.

The. parents say
their children are
forced to take “pass-
ports’ from urban
homeland representa-
tives even if they
qualify under Section
10(1)a-of the Urban
Areas Act.

The parents, from in
and around the Pre-

toria-Witwatersrand--
Vereeniging areas.
claim they have been
asked to go to offices
of homeland urban
representatives in
Thembisa and else-
where, where they are
given documents
granting qualification
for “passports”.

The president of
Black Sash, Mrs
Sheena Duncan, said
that in 1970 the Gov-
ernment had passed
the Bantu Homelands
Act. which had made

every black person in

* the country a citizen of

a“homelandTM.

By virtue of this
Act. she said. every
black person belonged
to a homeland, de-
pending on his/her lan-
guage. and therefore
ceased to be a citizen
of South Africa:

She said that,
according to the Status
Act, passed later. all
blacks who originated
from the “independent
homelands” were for-
eigniers in South Africa
and qualified to carry
“passports”. -

The SOWETAN in-
vestigation revealed

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that urban blacks who
have obtained such
documents still retain
their urban residential
rights such as Section
10(1)aorb.

But Mrs Duncan
said that “blacks are
all South Africans and
deserve the rights
which other popula-
ftion groups enjoy.

“Besides, if the ur-
ban authorities feel
you are an undesirable
element you can be de-
“ported to your home-
land. This passports is-
sue is just a fuss be-
cause it has deprived
and. will continue. to
deprive millions of
their birthrights.”

People interviewed
yesterday at the Black
Sash offices said the
Passports were rather
“suspicious,

According to a

spokesman for the
Public Relations Offi-
cer of the Department
of Cooperation and
Development in Pre-
toria, there is an
agreement between
the “homelands” and
SA concerning the is-
suing of these pass-
ports.

SOUTH AFRICA



CHIEF OF DEFENSE STAFF CALLS FOR CHURCH-STATE COOPERATION

Accra GHANAIAN TIMES in English 5 Jul 82 p 3

[Article by Peter Abban]

[text]

CSO:

“IP\HE Chief of Defence Staff,

Brigadier J. Nunoo-Mensah
has called on Christians to rid
themselves of unwholesome ten-
dencies in order to be able to
point out the mistakes in the
society. .

He said Ghanaians must be
sourageous to point out mistakes,
no matter from what quarters
they were committed.

Brig. Nunoo-Mensah, also a
member of the PNDC, was ad-
dressing a congregation of the
People’s Church of Ghana in
Acera yesterday during their Holy
Feast and thanksgiving Service
after 14 days of fasting and pra-
yers for the nation.

The CDS reminded the people
that leaders were as human as
they were and were bound to
make mistakes, but it was for the
people and the church to point
out such mistakes.

He said if out of fear, the
people continued to keep mute
and alow the wrong doing to
continue, the country would wit
ness perpetual instability.

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REVOLUTION

He said the Revolution would
succeed only when Ghanaians
were bold to speak their minds
and work hard.

Brig. Nunoo-Mensah made it
clear that the Revolution had
claimed many lives and if such
lives should not be lost in vain,
then the people must all work
hard and eschew greed and apa
thy. . .

He referred to the role expect:
ed of the youth in the Revolution
and called on them to work har-
der to create wealth for the
nation.

The PNDC member called for
so-opefation between the church
and the state because they had
sommon objectives geared to-
wards building a true welfare
state for the people.

He said everyone should be
his brother's keeper and not his
assassin.

The Brigadier called on the
people to try to understand how
the problem facing the country
came about, saying it was nly
when they understood the pro-
blems that they could make no

mistakes again. _

GHANA


SEYCHELLES

SPPF LEADER STRESSES NONALIGNED MOVEMENT, ANTI-IMPERIALISM

Victoria NATION in English 19 Jun 82 pp 1, 2

[Text]

THE need for solidarity, unity
and economic co-operation to
successfully fight imperialism
and its allies has been stres-
sed by SPPF Secretary-Gene-
ral Guy Sinon to the general
conference of the Tripoli-
based International Centre to
resist Imperialism, Racism,
Zionism and Reaction.

In a speech to the Centre’s
first general conference,
which clases at the end of
this week. Mr Sinon said that
the developina world hed se-
veral institutions enablina”
their member states to form =
united front against the imne-
rialist block.

Bringina tooether all the

developing countries was the
Non-Aligned Movement which,
through its member _ states,
was considered by the impe-
rialists as a force to be reck-
oned with. Mr Sinon said, so

vide it were all tao common.

“Being a democratic orga-
nisation, the Non-Aligned Mo-
vement in its internal delibe-
rations reserves the right to

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discuss frankly on subjects of
mutual interest. The democra-
tic procedure may lead the im-
perialist forces to believe that
the movement can be mari-
pulated.

“However, it is true to say
that the movement can achie-
ve more concrete results in
the fight against imperialism.
More efforts should be made
to maintain a greater cohe-
sion among its members and
define more precise and prac-
tical goals in the struggle
aoainst its enemies”.

As far as Africa was con-
cerned, the Front Seeretary-
General said, imperialism and
its ally, racism could be con-
tained through the strengthe-
ning of the Organisation of
African Unity (OAU). Having
no counterpart in the world,
this organisation embraced
an entire continent compris-
ina alt independent countries
and liberation movements
strucoling to wrest indenen-
dence from their cofonial ru-
ters.

“The OAU is feared by me
imperialists, its work is close-



SAPA CORRECTION OF GENERAL COETZEE'S STATEMENT REPORTED

Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 10 Jul 82 p 8

[text]

cso:

4700/1572

In an SABC television
interview on May 5,
1982, the head of the Se-
curity Police, Lieuten-
ant-general Johan Co-
etzee, said that because
of the propaganda va-
lve inherent in political
trials and the exploita-
tion of these cases by
elements dangerous to
the State, he sometimes
wondered whether “the
time had not arrived
when alternative mech-
anisms for security tri-
als, whould be consider-
ed.”

‘On May 8, 1982, Sapa
issued a.report which
said that General Coet-
zee had contemplated

the holding ‘of sectet'

political trials.

- This report was pub-
lished in a number of
mewspapers under a
Sapa credit.

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On may 11, 1982, Sapa
issued a statement by
General Coetzee in
which he denied that he
was in favour of secret
political trials.

He was quoted as
having said that what

he had had in mind in
his television interview
was a commission of in-
quiry or an investiga-
tion by the Department
of Justice, adding that
he had not stated that
he was in favour of se-
cret political trials.

Sapa accepts General
Coetzee’s assurance
that the published in-
terpretation of his re-
marks on television was
erroneous. The report
and commentary were
published in good faith
and Sapa regrets any
embarrassment caused
to General Coetzee. —
Sapa.

SOUTH AFRICA



GHANA

ALITALIA RESUMING ROME~ACCRA FLIGHTS
Accra DAILY GRAPHIC in English 9 Jul 82 p 1
[Article by Elvis D. Aryeh]

[vext] The Italian national airline Alitalia is to resume weekly direct
flights from Rome to Accra shortly.

The new Italian Ambassador to Ghana, Mr Mario Ferrari di Capri who announced
this said, "The political green light has already been given by the Italian
Government for Alitalia to resume direct flights to Ghana within the next
few weeks.

Mr di Capri was speaking to newsmen in Accra yesterday after he had
presented his Letters of Credence to the PNDC at the Castle, Osu.

The Ambassador indicated that initially there would be one flight every
week.

Flights between Accra and Rome were suspended in early 1981 as a result of

a misunderstanding between the Ghana Airways and Alitalia over contravention
of existing bilateral air service agreement.

On February 27 last year, the former Minister of Transport and Communications,
Mr Harry Sawyer, announced the suspension of the flights with the allegation
that Alitalia had not been friendly to Ghana Airways and its passengers.

Ghana Airways has already resumed its flights through Rome,

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ABSENTEE MPs IN DANGER OF LOSING SEATS

Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 14 Jul 82 p 9

[Text]

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HARARE. — Four
Zimbabwean MPs
will lose their seats if
they fail to appear in
Parliament by July
20, according to the
Speaker, Mr Didy-
mus Mutasa.

He said the MPs, two
from Zapu and two rep-
resenting the RF, had
until next Tuesday to
resume their seats.
They had been absent
from the house for
more than 15 days.

The MPs are Mr Ack-
im Ndlovu (Matabele-
land South), Mr Vote
Moyo (Matabeleland
North), Mr Wally Sfut-
taford (Bulawayo
South) and Mr Dennis
Walker (Bulawayo
North).

They lose their seats
after being away from

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the house for 21 consec-
utive days according to
the Constitution.

Mr Ndlovu, Mr Walk-
er and Mr Stuttaford
had been away for 16
days while Mr Moyo
had missed 15 parlia-
mentary sittings.
“After 21 days I will
form the Prime Min-
ister and seek his ad-
vice on the matter,” Mr
Mutasa said.

Mr Ndlovu left the
country for Zambia in
March and had not told
the Speaker whether he
would be returning for
the current session.

Mr Moyo was de-
tained after the open-
ing of Parliament last
month.

Mr Stuttaford was
arrested last year and
has been in detention
since then.

85

Mr Walker left the
country for Britain at
the beginning of the
year.

Mr Mutasa said Mr
Walker had written to
him asking if he would
be arrested on his re-
turn, “He wanted me to
intervene if there was a
possible case between
him and the State, but I
refused.”

The Speaker had
given the letter to the
Minister of State in the
Prime Minister’s office,
Mr Emmerson Muna-
gagwa. “I forwarded
the letter because I
have no responsibility
over security matters.”

Mr Mutasa said that
in his letter, Mr Walker
wanted to know if the
State was afterhifi and
if he would be safe if he
returned.

ZIMBABWE


SEYCHELLES

BRIEFS

YUGOSLAV CONGRESS--The Seychelles People's Progressive Front is to be repre-
sented at the 12th Congress of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia (LCY)
by Deputy Secretary-General Matthew Servina. The congress, from June 26 to
30 in Belgrade will give Mr Servina, who left last night, the opportunity to
hold talks with LCY leaders on inter-party relations. At the congress Mr
Servina will join other foreign socialist party and liberation movement
representatives in discussing with their hosts the struggle for the further
development of self-management--Yugoslavia's particular road to socialism.
After the meeting, Mr Servina, as Minister for Agriculture, will hold talks
with his Yugoslav counterparts, From Belgrade, Mr Servina will go to Rome
for talks with the General Director of the United Nations Food and Agricul-
ture Organisation (FAO). They will discuss aid the FAO is giving to
Seychelles and plans for more aid in future, Minister Servina is expected
back home on July 8.--Sapa [Text] [victoria NATION in English 25 Jun 82
p2

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SA GROUP PLANS TO OPEN GOLD MINE IN KANGWANE

Mbabane THE TIMES OF SWAZILAND in English 5 Jul 82 pp 1, 16

[Article by James Dlamini]

[text]

A SOUTH Afri-
can mining group
is planning to
open a gold mine
in KaNgwane. ~

General manger of
Barbrook Mining and
Exploration Ltd. Mr.
Colin, Paterson .said
his company was pla-
nning to start mining
within two years.

“There is a good
chance we may start
mining in 1984,” he
told The Times.

And this could
mean 1,000 new jobs
for Swazis in the area.

The company’s experts
have been. conducting -
exploration in the area for
10 years now. It employed
300 fabourers and 20)
specialised staff. ‘*We hope '
that final results as to what
type of gold there will be
determined in October,
1984," Mr. Paterson

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added. “I don’t know
exactly what size the mine
would be, there could be
large gold deposits, but it's
really premature to say”
what size it will be."” §

Mr. Paterson said the”
first gold mine in South
Africa was opened in
KaNgwane by the Grand
Rand Mines, which- later
closed. The area where the
company is planning to
open a mine is near
Louieville.

Another company,
Messina Transvaal
Development Corporation, °
is planning to-open a coal
mine in KaNgwane before
the end of this year. "We
have been doing a drilling in_
the area for some time and
we believe there’ are large
coal deposits," the
managing director of the
corporation, Mr. Peter
Whitfield, said in a
telephone ‘interview’ from
his Johannesburg office.

“We have — sufficient
proof that there are large
coal deposits in the area.

We will decide within a few
months whether or not to
go ahead with the. plans,”
he added.

“twill be a joint
operation between the
South African” Mining
Corporation and ourselves.

“‘In arriving at a decision
there will be two conside-
rations: The first is whether’
of not we can sell the coal,
that is, if we can find
markets and the second is
whether we can export it
through Maputo port. We.
believe we can mine it, there
is no problem with that.”
he said.

“There is already
overwhelming evidence that
there is enough coal to
justify us opening a mine.
The type of coal that we
nave found in KaNgwane is
a high grade of anthracite.
‘AntHracite is mainly used in
cement plants and for

domestic heating.,
Anthracite is smokeless
fuel.

He’ said the mine his

SWAZILAND

company was planning to
open will have the capacity
to employ more than 500
people. The investment will
be in the order of EIS
million.

He said _ political
development in KaNgwane
wilt have no bearing on
whether or not the company
will be opened: “Whether
the area is incorporated into
Swaziland or not, will not
make any difference. We
are not interested in
politics. It’s purely practical
business _ considerations,"
Mr. Whitfield said.

A. report of the
KaNgwane Development
Corporation states among
other things that chrysotile
asbestos is mined in Msauli.
The mine has 1,549 people,
Bail clay is mined in Lochiel
for the ~ manufacture of

porcelain.
The report stated that
other minerals in

KaNgwane are: - barite
lithium, iron ore, tungsten,
antimoby and copper.



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ticular member during
a particular year, he
will not be called up,
but will nevertheless re-
ceive credit for the full
period of service for
that specific year.
@ A member will be
called up for service in
his last cycle of 120 days
only with the personal
approval of the Minis-
ter of Defence.
Newcomers

@ Persons who have
never before done any
military service:

@ The initial period of
30 days and additional
periods of 12 days a
year are also maximum
Periods. Such persons
will only be called up
when a real need for
their services exists,
and then only for the
actual time which is
veally necessary.

Although it will be re-
quired of all White
males in the age brack-
et 17-55 to inform the
SADF of their personal
particulars, the actual
call-up age will vary
from area to area.

In urban areas with
dense populations, the
call-up age could be as
low as 40 years, while in

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sparsely populated
areas it could be higher.
Only in certain cases is
it likely to be as high as
55 years.

Reserves

@ Members of the for-
mer Controlled Re-
serves: — people who
were members of the
Reserve of Officers, the
Citizen Force Reserve
and the Commando Re-
serve who have not
reached the age of 55
years will be allotted
mainly to the Comman-
do force.

Those who have
served on the Citizen
Force Reserve for less
than five years"will be
allotted to” the Active
Citizen Force Reserve.

The maximum an-
nual obligation of this
group in the Comman-
do force will also be 12
days, but again it will
not be enforced unless
a real need for these
people’s services should
exist.

Varying

The periods of service
will vary according to

57

the tasks to be done or
the training which has
to be done. It can be as
little as an hour at a
time.

@ Former volunteers
in the commando force:

The obligation of
these members is reduc-
ed from 30 days to 12
days.

In addition, the ser-
vice conditions for
members of the Con-
trolled Reserve-will also
apply to them.

Gradual

The system will not
be introduced suddenly,
but gradually and in an
orderly process. The
planning and prepara-
tion phase is a long and
drawn-out procedure
regarding certain as-
pects and could even
take a few years before
it is put into operation,
Gen Viljoen said.

The present serving
members will be ad-
vised individually of
their service credit and
their obligation in
terms of the new sys-
tem.



MUNANGAGWA CHALLENGES US POLICY ON AFRICA

Harare THE HERALD in English 8 Jul 82 p 1

[Text]

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‘THE United States claims
te champion demecracy
but it does mot come to
the aid of the fore. + fight-
ing for democracy, the
Minister of State in
charge of security, Mr
Emmerson Munangagwa,
said yesterday. ~

Mr Munangagwa_ said
Hberation movements in
Africa were supported by
the Eastern bloc, but not
by America.

It was only after they
had established democracy
in their countries that the
United States came in.
This was the case in Zim-
babwe.

The minister was speak-
ing at a gathering in the
chamber of the House of
Assembly which was ad-
dressed by two visiting
American professors on
United States __ policy

tewards Africa under the
Reagan administration.

He criticised the United
States for aiding dic-
tatorships and ‘said it
seemed that big-power
pelitics were thé major
consideration in America’s
approach,

Dr Raymond Copson, an

81

analyst of African affairs
at the Library of Con-

million in security aid, the
bulk of which went to
Sudan, Kenya and
Somalia.

Not all of this was for
arms; much weot on uni-
forms, housing and train-

in;
This figure, he said, had
tripled under the Reagan

administration - but it
should be seen against de-
velopment er economic aid
which totalied US$875
maillion.

Dr Richard Hult, as-
sociate professor of Afri-
can history at New York
University, said that
under the Reagan admin-
istration a stronger em-

sis was being given to
countries with a healthy
mix of private and public
enterprises.

He said the United
States had extended aid
worth US$135 million to
Zimbabwe since in-
dependence.

Zimbabwe was destined

to play a major role in:

Southern Africa and could
become a model for
eronomic development.

ZIMBABWE


‘sing of public accounts
have provided an ideal
climate and an excel
lent cover for the crimi-
nally intent who are
only too aware that the
detection of their mis-
deeds is made all the

themselves, for in
stance, contracts at
vastly inflated prices
under other names, Mr

“In these cases no ac-
tion was taken against
the responsible officers

Donor-funded —pro-
jects had been handled
“with imprudence and

. of, caution, which

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Extensive Frauds Are Revealed

NUMEROUS examples
of totally inadequate
staff control — leading
te avid and extensive
frauds — were un-

26

vided funds; and un-
checked overzeal had
resulted in accounting
collapses.

Too often, Mr Tarr
said, public accounts of
expenditures had been
“buried below the line.”

Security conscious-

ness was at such a low
ebb that robberies —for
instance of R63 000 by
armed robbers of la-
bourers wages with the
greatest of ease — had
become easy.
‘ Access to . order
forms was “free and un-
restricted” — with of-
ficials using them to ob-
tain all sorts of stores
and materials for
household use.

Officials were in a
position not only to or-
der stores but also to
certify accounts for
payment — themselves
appropriating the
joods.

goods.
He said the control of
-aooun paypouy

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More deplorable, howev-
er, was the misuse of
the responsibility to al-
low fraud to take place.

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Leaders Sign Agreement

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IT is through co-operation
between different coun-
tries that many of the
world’s problems can be
solved, the Portuguese
Prime Minister, Dr Fran-
cisco Balsemao,. said in
Harare yesterday.

Dr Balsemao was speak-
ing at a joint Press con-
ference with the Prime
Minister, Mr Robert Mu-
gabe, at which they signed
an agreement on econo-
mic, scientific and techni-
cal co-operation.

‘Mr Mugabe said Zim-
‘babwe had benefited tre-
mendously from the visit
of the Portuguese premier
which marked the forging
of relations between the
two countries.

Dr Balsemao said the
agreement provided for @
joint commission which
‘would meet before the end
of the year. There was
reason to have faith in
relations between the two
countries.

Tt was through relations
such as these that “we
can know each other bet-
ter and create the frame-
work through which
future co-operation is pos-
sible”.

Mr Mugabe sald rela-
tions between both coun-
tries had been, until now,
merely economic, They had
no human heart, he said,
and the delegations for
both countries had tried
to invigorate them. A
follow-up theeting at
ministerial level was likely
before the end of the year.

On the question of
Cuban troops in Angola,
Mr Mugabe said this was
more of a headache for
the United States than for
Africa.

But frontline states felt
that when the indepen-
dence of Angola was no
longer threatened, the
country would feel’ there
was no need for Cuban
troops there, he said,



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was deputy’ secretary in the Ministry of
Finance, unseated the incumbent, Mr. T.
Y. Gbondo by polling 35,061 votes against
Mr Gbondo’s 531 votes.

A Kono legal practitioner, Mr. Jon'M.
Kamanda, also a new entrant to politics,
defeated Alhaji S. H. O. Gborie, former
Minister of the Interior. Mr. Kamanda
polled 24,258 votes, Alhaji Gborie 5,442
votes, and Rev. Sandy 3,306 votes.

The former Minister of Social Welfare
and Rural Development, Mr. Thaimu Ban-
gura, who had a tough time throughout the
campaign for both the first and second
rounds of the elections, beat his two
opponents, Dr. Abdulai Timbo and Mr.
Abdul Kamara. Mr. Bangura polled 2,221
votes, Dr. Timbo 7,690 votes and Mr.
Kamara 6,241 votes.

Another incumbent MP, Mr. S. A. T.
Koroma, won the by-election in Port Loko
South with 11,559 votes against Mr. Sultan
Kamara, a former employee of the Minis-
try of Development and Economic Plan-
ning who polled 6,241 votes.

With the by-elections concluded but for
one constituency, the President announced
his remaining Ministerial opponents (West
Africa, July 5) which brought to 28 the
total number of cabinet ministers. The
total number of Ministers of State (without
cabinet rank) is 14, and parliamentary
special assistants, nine. This is the largest
single number of ministerial appointments
ever made in the history of the Sierra
Leone Government.

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INTER-AFRICAN AFFAIRS

UNESCO CONFERENCE AIMS AT REVITALIZING EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Harare THE SUNDAY MAIL in English 4 Jul 82 p 1

[Text]

DELEGATES from more than 40 African
countries yesterday committed themselves
to the Harare Declaration aimed at revita-
lising educational development in Africa.

Their pledge to eradicate illiteracy and
improve primary and secondary education came
at the end of the Unesco-sponsored conference
of ministers of education and economic planning
officials in. Africa (Minedaf).

Unesco director-general Mr Amadou M’Bow
told the conference his organisation would work
with Africa’s education planners to campaign for
higher standards of

education.

“Africa should give the
education of its people
first priority if the contin-
ent is to grapple success-
fully with economic prob-
Jems and achieve prosper-
ity,” Mr M’Bow said.

He emphasised the need
to eradicate illiteracy and
broaden the scope of scien-
tifle development and re-
search, particularly in
‘agriculture

Although most countries
in Africa might wave
scarce resources, educa-
tion was a secure ‘long-
term imvestment which

would help eradicate the

problems of underdevelop-
ment.

~. There was a need for
the: democratisation of
education in Africa. Edu-
cation should not be con-
sidered a source of un-
employment but rather as
a means to make oneself
useful to the development
of one’s country.

“The problem with some
young people-today ig that
when they go .to school
the only thing they think
of is to get a good job in
a nice office. And yet there
are other, more useful
trades,. like agriculture
which they could pursue.”

Mr MBow said Unesco
had formulated a 10-year
pian ‘lo stuay tne sane
larities between African
languages with a view to
turning them into media
of broader use in the con-
tinent.

He urged journalists in
Africa to help develop-
ment by examining and
reporting on areas in
society that needed im-
provement.

The Minister of Hdu-
cation and Culture, Dr
Dzingai Mutumbuka, who
chaired the conference,
hailed the six-day event as
a firm basis for develop-
ment and a major source
of “development  con-
ort gt t pl

“Tt gives us great plea-
sure to have fosteaTM this
conference. We hope that
what has taken place here
will go a long Way in im-
proving the educational
standards of African
countries,” he said.

‘The Harare conference
was the fifth in a series
of regional ministerial
conferences on_ education
organised by Unesco in
Africa, The first was in
Addis Ababa in 1961,



MONETARY AUTHORITY REPORTS ON ECONOMY

Victoria NATION in English 3 Jul 82 p 2

[Text]

DURING the first quarter of
1982, the economy of Sey-
chelles continued to suffer
from spiralling impact of the
decline in tourism, the Sey-
chelles Monetary Authority

said in its review for January

to March 1982, now: available
at the National Bookshop in
Victoria. -

However, the resulting pres-
sure on domestic incomes
was cushioned to some ex-
tent by maintaining activity
with assistance from external
sources, and also by resort
to domestic bank finance.

This, in turn, adversely af-
fected the level of foreign re-
serves — given the country's
high dependence on imports.
“A prolongation of such dif-
ficulties could affect confi-
dence”, the SMA warned, ad-
ding that the magnitude of
these effects depended on
the understanding — in Sey-
chelles and abroad — of the
nature and size of the initial
difficulties, and how soon
these were likely to be | re-
versed.

The reversal of existing
trends would denend mainty

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on the resumption of tourism
and inward capital flows, the
SMA said, including some fo-
reign help to counteract the
losses resulting from the drop
in tourism and the mercenary
attack of late 1981. These
would of course need to be
supported by domestic poli-
licies aimed at containing the
pressure on foreian reserves
till, the situation returned to
a more or lass normal state.

A total of 11,986 tourists
came - to Seychelles in the
first quarter of this year
against 18,933 in the corres-
ponding quarter of 1981, and
a quarterly average of 15.106
in that year. The numbers
declined from. month to month
as did the average length of
stav.

Tourists from the Far East,
though still a minority, grew
in importance, out-stripping
those from Africa.

‘Income from tourism, - as
shown by purchases of fo-
reign exchange by commer-
cial: banks from tourists and
hotels, amounted to R. 67
million in this quarter, much

SEYCHELLES


GHANAIANS IN LONDON DISTRIBUTING ANTI-REVOLUTION PROPAGANDA

Accra DAILY GRAPHIC in English 1 Jul 82 pp 1, 4

[Article by George Sydney]

[text]

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A COUNTER revolutio-
nary group of Ghanaians
who are reported to be
resident in London have
been distributing leaflets
containing anti-
revolutionary propaganda
among the general public
in the Northern Region in
an attempt to sabotage
the on-going revolution.

A resident of Tamale
who went to the General
Post Office in the munici-
pality to collect his mail
received a parcel from
London containing many
of such leaflets.

The man who told a
member of the local
People's Defence Com-
mittee that he had friends
and relatives in London
said he did not know the
person who addressed
wepartertonim.

The leaflets contained
photographs of civilians
being molested by men in

army uniforms.

14

Under the photographs
were captions which read:'
“Is this the justice Gha-
naians have been assured
of?"

The captions alleged
that the photographs were
taken during the June 4,
1979 revolution.

A resident of Sakasaka
a suburb of the Tamale
junior staff quarters also
said that he found similar

extra vigilance with a view
to tracking down logal
collaborators of the
counter-revalutianary
groups, :
In-another develop.
‘ment, similar leaflets have
been received by some
treacents of Boigatanga
rough the mail, rey
Albert Sam, Ports



BRITISH RELATIONS DESCRIBED AS FRUITFUL

GABON

London WEST AFRICA in English No 3388, 12 Jul 82 p 1805

[text]

Britain-Gabon relations seem to be waxing
particularly fruitful at the moment. Last
month’s visit by the Foreign Minister Mar-
tin Bongo has been followed up by a visit
from Gustave Anchoucy, the Minister of
Agriculture, who is one of the many
foreign visitors from the agriculture sector
attending the Royal Show. The Bongo visit
included a meeting with Foreign Secretary
Pym, a visit to the House of Commons,
a foray into darkest Wales. I am told
that the visit merited 20 minutes on Gabon
television. Earlier this year, the Libreville
national daily L’Union carried a supple-
ment (what it called a “publireportage”’)
on “British penetration in Gabon” which
was a long account of the efforts of British
businessmen to expand in the Gabonese
market, stressing the theme that Gabon is
no one’s private hunting ground (chasse-
gardée). It was adorned with a picture of
the visit last year of the Duke of Kent (who
headed a businessmen’s delegation), and
mentioned particularly the ECGD credits
for £60m., which relate to the participation
of two British construction firms, Taylor
Woodrow and Wimpey, to the tune of 22.5
per cent in the Eurotrag consortium which
provisionally has the contract for con-
structing the £308m. second stretch of the
Trans-Gabon railway. This stretch runs
from Booué to the President’s home town
of Franceville, and is frequently described
as the largest construction project going on
at the moment in Africa. All this is a far cry
from the early days of the Trans-Gabon
tailway, when it was widely attacked (espe-
cially in the British press) as an unviable
prestige project, following the World
Bank’s criticisms of it. Apart from British

aid funds, there have been other pickings
for British firms, such as Plessey, who have
a contract for airport equipment, and
Balfour Beatty, who are involved in the
construction of the new Gabon Sheraton.,
In his speech at a lunch offered by the
British government, M. Bongo recalled the
long association of Britain and Gabon,
going back to the days of the 19th century
traders when two British firms, Hatton and
Cookson and John Holt, were particularly
active. There are still areas of Libreville,
he said, called Glass and London, and
many Gabonese have English names, in-
cluding Walker. These were the days when,
a British trader, a certain Mr. Walker, in
the 1850s, actually founded the settlement
on the Ogooué River which became Lam-
baréné of Schweitzer fame. Later Mary
Kingsley’s travels among the Fang
achieved for them and for Gabon a certain
immortality in Victorian England. Even
now British timber traders still refer to
okoumé hardwood as “Gaboon”. There
was also a period when the French, seeing
the extent of the activity of British traders
in what was ostensibly their sphere of
influence, were prepared to exchange
Gabon for The Gambia in the 1970s, but it
was resisted by a lobby of Bathurst mer-
chants and their friends in Liverpool.
(What a lot of history would have been
different if that had happened!).

‘After Gabon became French in 1886
relations inevitably stagnated and declined
through the colonial period, and as inde-
pendence approached, the French com-
mercial grip seemed to tighten. John Holt
pulled out (they are now, it seems trying to
get back in), and Hatton and Cookson are



Homelands Independence Creates Passport Problems for Blacks
(SOWETAN, 14 Jul 82)......-0.000. eee ce rccsceecccens ee eeee

Cape Squatters Win Their First Round
(SOWETAN, 8 Jul 82)..ccccccecceccecceccecceceeceececeeeees

Killings in Tembisa Generate Fear
(Goba Ndhlovu; SOWETAN, 13 Jul 82)...... rrrrerrrrrre retry

Union To Fight for Migrants
(SOWETAN, 13 Jul 82).......... Seem eee e enero esc eenceveccee

Tutu Stand on Mercenaries, Kwazulu Praised
(Editorial; SOWETAN, 13 Jul 82)......ssceesesscsnccceeeeee

Cape Town University Official on Academic Freedom
(THE CLTLZEN, 15 Jul 82)... .ceeseee cece cece cee eecccceenees

Heunis Says 'Whites Are Spoilt and Selfish’
(SOWETAN, 13 Jul 82)... cccecccccccerecccccccseneseeecceee

Mphephu Accuses Fanie Botha of Undermining Venda
(Marilyn Cohen; THE CITIZEN, 10 Jul 82)..........-00-- wees

Black Leaders Welcome White Industrial Expertise
(THE CLTIZEN, 14 Jul 82)...... cece cece eee eeeesceeeee

Lack of Capital Seen Inhibiting Growth, Job Opportunities
(THE CLTIZEN, 14 Jul 82)....

Jobs for 22,000 Created by CED in National States
(THE CITIZEN, 14 Jul 82)..

Details on Labor Unrest at Mines Given
(SOWETAN, 13 Jul 82).......sceeeeeeeee see e cence nese eee

Racial Remarks, by Sello Rabothata
Reasons For Strike; Editorial

Huge Durban Harbour Development Plan Reported
(THE CITIZEN, 10 Jul 82)....... eee ence ee nee eee eereeeee

Transport Services Undertake To Cut Costs
(Marilyn Cohen; THE CITIZEN, 14 Jul 82).......cecceeeeeeee

Car Sales Improve in June
(THE CITIZEN, 14 Jul 82)...cececcceccccscnccccccsenvcences

Briefs
Tutuka Power Plant
Sasol Three Production
AZAPO Applauds Boycott

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ZIMBABWE

BRIEFS

PAKISTANI ENGINEERS--Karachi--Thirty-eight Pakistani railway mechanical and
electrical engineers left Karachi for Zimbabwe on a two-year contract for
Zimbabwe Railways, officials announced. The group will work in Zimbabwe
under an agreement signed between the two countries earlier this year to
improve the railway system,--Sapa-AP [Text] [Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in
English 13 Jul 82 p 9

STOCKFEEDS PRODUCTION--The Agricor Group is investing more than $4 million
on a new stodkfeeds production plant for Premier Milling and Rumevite
products and a new EC feed production plant in the Lowveld. The new
stockfeeds production plant in Plymouth Road, Harare, will produce all
Premier Milling and Rumevite stockfeeds which are based on EC feed which
previously had to be imported from South Africa. The new plant for EC

feed in the Lowveld will be the first in the world outside South Africa and
will give the Agricor Group a chance to compete on world markets. [Text]
[Harare THE FINANCIAL GAZETTE in English 2 Jul 82 p 2]

COMMUNICATION FIRMS MERGE--A merger has taken place between local high-
technology communications firms Technicon (Pvt) Ltd and Radio Frequency
Communications (Pvt) Ltd. The merger has allowed for a rationalisation of
both companies’ facilities and will result in a considerable saving of
foreign currency, according to the chairman of the Zimbabwe group of Radio
Frequency companies Mr R. Capper. He said that the merger is not designed
to suppress the individual identity and specialisation of either company
as they address different demands in the market place, [Text] [Harare
THE FINANCIAL GAZETTE in English 2 Jul 82 p 2]

DEVALUATION POSSIBLE--Within Zimbabwe the low prices for our exports and the
artificially over-valued Zimbabwe dollar (what can be preventing devaluation
now? Certainly nothing connected with economics!) make investment of any
type a losing game, Cattle and residential housing might offer a survival
haven for dollars, but the less-aggressive investor can only place his
money in one of the savings institutions and watch it depreciate, [Excerpt]
(Harare THE FINANCIAL GAZETTE in English 2 Jul 82 p 16]

105



HEUNIS SAYS

‘WHITES ARE SPOILT AND SELFISH’

Johannesburg SOWETAN in English 13 Jul 82 p 2

[text]

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ALL WHITES in South
Africa, particularly the
Afrikaners, have to a
degree become spoiled
because of their privi-
leged position by having
had, for a considerable
time, almost all the
political power in their
hands, said the Minister
of Internal Affairs, Mr
Chris Heunis, yesterday.

Mr Heunis was open-
ing speaker at the 34th
congress of the Afri-
kaanse Studentebond
(ASB) in Port Eliza-
beth. ©.

“He said if Was only
human for people to
maintain such a position
of privilege and power
selfishly.

“If we really want to
make progress on the
toad of constitutional.’
development and to a
more fair dispensation,
it is essential that the
Afrikaner and all whites
should triumph over this
tendency [of selfish-
ness]”

_ The’ demand ‘of the
future was to reconcile
individual and: group

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~ interests.

Mr Heunis em-
phasised that the Afri-
kaner’s identity was not
in danger and that his
co-operation with other
groups towards a com-
mon goal did. not pose a
threat to the Afrikaner.

Crisis

The concept of identi-
ties and existence was
not to be confused. For
Afrikaners, as, for ail
other groups in South’
Africa, there was a crisis
of continued:existence.

*Co-operation and
identification with an
aim, with other ethnic
and language groups, is
not something to be sus-
picious about.

“The big challenge for
the Afrikaner at the
start of the ‘80s is to gov-

ern this country in such
a way that others will be
convinced that it is in
everybody's interest that
the Afrikaner will con-
tinue playing a key part
in the governing of the
country.” — Own Cor-.
respondent.

SOUTH AFRICA


FUEL MINISTRY ANNOUNCES FUEL ALLOCATION CUTS

Accra GHANAIAN TIMES in English 5 Jul 82 pp 1, 3

[text]

cSO:

25 per cent cut in petrol allo*
A cation to private cars was
announced at the week-end.

It takes effect from today.

A statement from the Fuel and
Power Ministry. said allocation
for government vehicles would
also be reduced by 20 per cent.

Allocation. for — all commercial
vehicles, however, remains the
same.

The Ministry said the four-by-
two (4 x 2) gallons weekly
(pink) coupons becomes three
by-two (3 x 2) weekly and private
coupons (pink) drawing six-by-
two (6 x 2) is reduced to five-by-
two’ (5 x 2) a week. Hl

Government veh'cle coupons
which currently draw ten-by-two
| (10 x 2) gallons “(blue) will now
Nake eight-by-two (8 x 2) weekly.
Those taking five-by-two (5 x 2)
gallons weekly (blue) will now
jdraw four-by--wo (4 x 2) weekly. |

Under the changes, sale of’
petrol to consumer
accounts--that is fil-
ling stations which do
not retail or serve the
public--are reduced by
25 percent with respect
to the 1981 average

monthly sales figures.

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The sale of petrol to govern-
ment institutions by oil compa-
nies is also reduced by 25 per
cent with respect to the 1981
average monthly delivery figures.

| Explaining the rationale behind
ithe changes, the statement said
‘the measures had become neces-|
sary to ensure that there was
enough petrol to back the face
value of the ration coupons.
Data available in the Ministry
indicate that even though the
demand for gasoline has exceed-
ed the supply since 1977, the
importation of petrol engine vehi-
cles still continues. |
As at last December, the total}
quantity of coupons issued to the
various categories of vehicles is.
1.3 million gallons per week. The
quantity of petrol available for
sale at filling stations and other
retail outlets is 1.11 million gal-
lons per week, leaving a short
fall of 200,000 gallons. |

Even with these reductions, '
‘there still remains a shortfall of
90,000 gallons a week which ‘the
Ministry hopes the general public
will help to eliminate through
voluntary reductions.

The statement appealed to all
oil companies, petrol dealers.
station attendants as well as the
general public to comply strictly
with the new changes, noting
that the Inspectorate Unit of the
Ministry will go round the filling
| stations to ensure adherence.



CSO:

today is taking an active part in all
spheres of activity, with an awareness
of its responsibilities in building the
bright future. In this connection, the
article pointed out the struggle being
waged by the youth the world over
rallying under anti-imperialist, anti-
colonialist, anti-racist and anti-oppres-
sion banners.

The recently concluded Second
Congress of AETU also prompted edi-
torial comments by the other two
weeklies, the Oromo language Barisa
and the Arabic language Al-Alem.
Barisa underlined the decisive role
the organizational strength of the

working class plays in a revolutionary -

process to realize the ultimate objec
tives of the revolution by way of re-

moving all possible impediments. In.

this connection, the Oromo language
paper underlined the significant steps
taken «by the Revolutionary Govern-
ment and COPWE with the view to
their obligations in the on-going cons-
‘truction process, The same is true
about the current reorganization and

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restructuring of AETU and AEPA,
Borisa added. . :

In a similar manner, Al-dem noted
that the nation witnessed over the
week the convening of the Second
Congress of AETU organized on a
new basis with the view to enabling
Ethiopian workers face the challen-
ges shead and to realize the aspira-
tions of the broad Ethiopian masses.
Al-Alem underlined that the current
reorganization in accordance with the
resolutions of the Second Congress of
the CC of COPWE has an important
bearing in hastening the establish.
ment of the party of the. working
people and realizing the role of AE-
TU as a link between the party and
the working masses, Finally, Al-Alem
noted that the Congress which con-
vened at such a decisive stage will
have an important role in mobilizing
workers to maximize productivity and
carry out their responsibilities in the
international struggle against imperia-
lism, colonialism, racism and reac-
tion in general.


RESULTS OF SEKOU TOURE'S US VISIT NOTED

GUINEA

London WEST AFRICA in English No 3388, 12 Jul 82 pp 1798, 1799

[Article by Eddie Momoh]

Excerpt]

GUINEAN PRESIDENT Ahmed Sékou
Touré visited the United States for five
days last week to talk about aid and
American foreign investment for his coun-
try. Touré had talks with President
Reagan, Vice-President George Bush, for-
mer Secretary of State Alexander Haig, his
successor George Shultz, and later met
with more than 100 representatives of
American and Japanese firms at a seminar
organised by former President of the Chase
Manhattan Bank David Rockefeller.
The Guinean President himself later told
reporters that he found more understand-
ing on his present trip to Washington than
in four previous visits when he had been
invited by Presidents Eisenhower, Ken-
nedy, and Carter, a fact he credited to Mr.
Rockefeller. ““We made clear our position
on private enterprise, clarifying Guinean
politics which used to represent Guinea as
a communist country opposed to private
investment,” the President said after he
had had talks with President Reagan at the
White House. Touré said Guinea was ripe
for development by private enterprise in-
vestment, adding that he was encouraged
by what he called the climate for co-
operation that he found on this trip.
“Your creative genius and those of
Europe, Canada and Japan,” declared
Sékou Touré, “your pragmatic approach,
your open-mindedness . . . combined with
our ability to give you profitable invest-
ment outlet constitute the major reason
that led us to come here.” While there was
room for private investment in Guinea,
and while the nation understood the con-
cerns of foreign investors and was in accord
with their needs for adequate rates of

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return and profit repatriation, Touré told
his American audience that the investment
in Guinea “must contribute to our national
policies, our constitution, our laws and
regulations, our material interests and our
moral values.” Guinea, he said, considers
co-operation with the United States
“something that will be very far-reaching
and very positive not only for our two
peoples, but also for Africa and the Third
World.”

At a meeting with the Guinean Invest-
ment Council of New York, Mr. Francis
Standard, executive vice President of
Chase Manhattan Bank’s international de-
partment, paid tribute to the Guinean
delegation. Mr. Standard said few men
had shown the leadership ability and skill
and commanded high respect as Sékou
Touré. “It is characteristic of his imagina-
tion and energy,” said Mr. Standard, “that
he has chosen to visit the United States to
set his country’s needs and opportunities
before the American community.” Gui-
nean’s economic future he said, would be
profoundly enhanced by the relationship
cultivated between foreign investors and
the domestic leadership.

After an hour-long meeting at the State
Department with under Secretary of State,
Lawrence Eagleburger, and with Chester
Crocker (Assistant Secretary of State for
African Affairs), a State Department
spokesman said that the discussion had
centered on the question of increasing US
economic ties with Guinea. Touré was also
reported to have asked the Foreign Rela-
tions Committee for their support for the
formation of a US agricultural task force
for Guinea on the lines to the one that
exists for Nigeria.



NATION FACES CRITICAL FOOD SHORTAGE

ZIMBABWE

Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 15 Jul 82 p 8

[Article by Aida Parker:

(tText]

ZIMBABWE =e (cur-
rent population, 7,6-
million) is in serious
danger of joining
Africa’s other “have-
not” food nations
within the next five
to 10 years.

That shock warning
was first given last
month by Mr Robert
Mugabe’s Secretary for
Agriculture, Mr Robbie
Mupawosa. Speaking in
Harare, Mr Mupawosa
questioned the, credibi-
lity of statements that
Zimbabwe was “the re-
gions breadbasket”.

Zimbabwe, he said,

neither the
best climate and soils,
nor the largest land
mass in the region. Ex-
panding population and
increased purchasing
power could rapidly re-
duce the country’s food
self-sufficiency.

Now, many analysts
fear, the Marxist go-
vernment’s decision to
expropriate huge areas
of rich coi
farming land from this
month onwards for re-
settlement purposes
will ensure that Mr Mu-
pawosa’s prediction be-
comes fact, sooner
rather than later.

After resettling
14 000 Black families in
the first two years of in-
dependence, the pace is
now being stepped up to

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"Resettlement Plan a Dangerous Gamble"]

fanfarget of 164 000
lies over the next three
years. To achieve this,
the government plans
to buy between 8-mil-
lion and 10-million ha
of the country’s 14,5-
million ha of commer-
cial farming land at an
estimated cost of Z$480-
million.

Many consider this a
dangerous gamble with
Zimbabwe's long-term
food requirements, no-
tably as the country’s
5 500 large-scale White
commercial farmers are
responsible for 80 per-
cent of the national
agricultural product
and 96 percent of agri-
cultural commodity
sales.

White commercial
farmers fear that the
government land acqui-
sition and resettlement
programme can only be
achieved by replacing at
least half their number
with small-scale pea-
sant producers.

Mr Jim Sinclair,
president of the White
Commercial Farmers
Union (CFU), has
already expressed con-
cern, saying that while
his union supports re-
settlement, redistribu-
tion should not be per-
mitted to affect the
critical commercial pro-
duction.


ZIMBABWE

SWEDISH AID WAS USED WELL--BUT ‘NOT AS EXPECTED'

Harare THE FINANCIAL GAZETTE in English 2 Jul 82 p 5

[text]

BILATERAL reconstruction and
development aid worth about
$21m plus and regional aid tot
ing $10m has been pledged by Swe-
den to Zimbabwe from November
1980 to July 1 this year.

. This was disclosed to The Gazet-
te by the programme officer of the
Swedish International Develop-
ment Authority (SIDA), Mr Karl-
Gunnar Hagstrom. He also said a
$13,7m aid agreement for the
1982/83 period was signed in June.

“Under the bilateral aid agree-
ment, about $13m was pledged for
the reconstruction and rehal
tion programme — the rebuilding
of rural primary schools and the
construction of refugee schoos.

“This money was also used for
the supplementary feeding pro-
gramme, the refugee rehabilitation
exercise and for the construction
of rural health. centres,” Mr Hag-
strom said. .

‘Commenting on how the aid had
been used, Mr Hagstrom said:
“The funds pledged so far have
not been utilised as one would have
expected but I bear with the Gov-
ernment because it takes time to
plan some of the projects and to
finally implement them.

QUITE WELL
“‘However, the reconstruction

programme aid has been used quite
well and I am happy to say the ac-

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counting of how the funds have
been used is excellent,” he said.

Under the development projects
aid programme, about $2,5m was
given for rural staff housing for
the Ministry of Education and Cul-
ture. Part of the money was also
used for the ZIMSCI science kits
being used in the country’s second-
ary schools for science lessons, and
for paper.

LIVING STANDARDS

Mr Hagstrom said his Govern-
ment's aid was mainly directed to
the development of the rural areas
to improve the people’s living stan-
dards. However the Government
could buy Swedish goods and sell
them to the private sector and
plough back the funds to the rural
areas, he added.

The Ministry of Health also re-
ceived about $2,2m for rural staff
housing and for the Zimbabwe Ex-
panded Programme of Immunisa-
tion (ZEPI). Mr Hagstrom said the
Swedish Government would pro-
vide vehicles, the refrigerators,
freezers and transportation cool
boxes for the vaccines and the vac-
cines needed for the immunisation
programme. The money was also
used for the supplementary feeding
programme and for a health inven-
tory study.

. He said a further $2m was also
pledged for a personnel and con-
sultancy fund. “This money will

be used to bring in Swedish consul-
tants and other personnel as direct-
ed by the Government here and it
is 75% tied to Sweden.

IMPORT PROGRAMME

“We also made available, about
$1,3m under an import support
programme and it is all tied to the
import of Swedish goods. Paper
and telephone exchanges fall under
this programme,” said Mr Hag-
strom.

He said it was left to the Zim-
babwe Government to decide what
it wanted to import from Sweden
according to its priorities and at
present his Government was still
awaiting a “shopping list” from
the Zimbabwe Government.

Under the regional aid program-
me, Sweden pledged about $5m
for a microwave link between
Francistown, Bulawayo and Liv-
ingstone.

About $3,6m was provided for
an international telephone exchan-
ge network in Gweru. The money
provided for the two projects was
aid to the Southern African Deve-
lopment Coordinating Conference
(SADCC) telecommunications
Project.

Swedish non-Governmental or-
ganisations also pledged about
$1,3m to Zimbabwean organisa-
tions for different development
projects which included training
programmes for-women and agri-
cultural exteiision training.



ETHIOPIA

SIGNIFICANCE OF ROADS TO COFFEE PRODUCING AREAS UNDERSCORED
Windhoek THE WINDHOEK ADVERTISER in English 2 Jul 82 p 5

[text] Addis Ababa (ENA)--Coffee is the backbone of Ethiopia's economy, It
is, therefore, necessary to make efforts to expand the country's coffee
development and to open new roads to areas where coffee production is very
high.

The opening of Mizan-Teppi and Metu-Algei feeder roads in Kaffa and I1lubabor
regions which were constructed by Cuban road construction brigades and
recently inaugurated by Comrade Fikre-Selassie Wogderess, PMAC Secretary~
General and COPWE Executive Committee member, will no doubt contribute signif-
icantly to the development of coffee production in the country.

The opening of the road will also be very advantageous to the economic and
social life of the people as this will solve the problem that the peasant
had in the past in bringing his coffee production to the market, It will
also be possible for the Ministry of Coffee and Tea Development to educate
the surrounding peasantry modern ways of coffee farming to expand coffee
development in the country.

In a statement given by the Public Relations Department of the Ministry the
Sheko and Teppi districts were inaccessible districts by car and it was
impossible for the Ministry to send manpower to collect the coffee that used
to be consumed by birds and monkeys.

The Department revealed that around 200,000 tons of coffee is being produced
in the country at present. Focusing on contraband trade, the Department
stated that five percent or 10,000 tons was wasted through this illicit
trade. Up to last May 65 tons of coffee were seized from contrabandists by
coffee control workers, To control this illicit trade the Ministry of Coffee
and Tea Development has taken measures to strengthen the coffee control
stations by increasing manpower and by establishing additional stations where
necessary, The Ministry has also a plan to encourage mass and government
organizations at the boundaries to form control committees in order to check
contraband trade. The statement of the Public Relations Department said that
coffee contraband trade deprives the country of much needed foreign currency
earning which would be useful to establish development ventures to enhance
socialist economic development.



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"However," the chairman said, "supplies could again become tight towards the
end of the year,"

The cotton harvest should be about 30 percent down on last year's 200 000
tonnes. But the quality of seed cotton so far delivered, 70 percent, was

much higher.

About 7 000 tonnes of coffee should be delivered this year, said Mr Millar.

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KILLINGS IN TEMBISA GENERATE FEAR

Johannesburg SOWETAN in English 13 Jul 82 p 5

{Article by Goba Ndhlovu:

[text]

CSO:

"Tembisa: A Land Where the Knife Rules Supreme"]

SOUTH AFRICA

IS: TEMBISA township a gangland or simply a place Where the law ofa” *

jungle reigns supreme

A total of 99 died at
knife point between Jan-
uary and June this year.
That is a staggering ave-
rage of about 17 people
per month.

The -death rate in the
township must be’ fright-
ful if it isto be remem-
bered that there are still
other causés of death,
including natural ones.

January had the highest

figure — 20 people —
followed by March (19),

May (18), June (16),”

April (14), and Feb-
tuary (12).

During that same pe-

riod four people, includ-
ing a shop owner were
gunned down. Mr Epha-
tras Modiba (50), of 428°
Tsepo Section, owner of
the Ethafeni Hostel
shopping centre, and his
watchman Mr Nathaniel
Mkhaphela:- were _shot-
dead ‘an the evening of
February 20 — a few
minutes after closing
ime. Mr Modiba’s son:
was shot through the leg
during the attack. Their
assailants made off with
the sum of R6 000.

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One Upington Buthe-
lezt of Jiyane hostel was
gunned down in the
same month. Another
popular businessman,
Mr Gwetshe Dlanga-
mandla, owner of a res-
taurant and butchery
miraculously survived
when four bullets were
pumped into him at
close range. His attack-
ers, who ran off with
R3 000 apparently left
him. for dead. He spent
three months recovering
at the Tembisa hospital.

A few months after
the Dlangamandta

shooting, Mr Frank Mo-"

sina of 176 Enxuweni

Section narrowly.ese:

caped death when he.
was shot and injured
just outside his home.

“I am virtually a gun
slinger these days,” said
a businessman who did.
not want to be named.

“I had avnasty experi-!

ence one night when F-
‘was delivering my em-
ployees to their various
homes. I. was not aware

60

that IT was being fol-
lowed by a car crammed
with 1 thugs,” he said.
~ “When I drove back,

the driver of the car
tried to force me to stop
by deliberately parking
across the road. I pulled.
out my revolver and
fired a few shots past the
car. The car pulled off at
full speed and
disappeared,” he said.

GUN

A man who drives a
staff bus told the story of
how he looked into the
mouth of a gun when he.
was confronted by a
group ‘of taximen who
accused him of pirating.

“His car tyres were flat-
tened and he was left
stranded.

In an interview with a
senior Tembisa resident.
Mr Johannes Mlotshwa,
it became clear that resi-
dents are worried about
thugs roaming the
streets and not being ar-
Tested.



SOUTH AFRICA

BLACK LEADERS WELCOME WHITE INDUSTRIAL EXPERTISE

Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 14 Jul 82 p 9

[Text]

A STUMBLING block
to the establishment of
factories in the Black
states — the require-
ment that the White in-
dustrialists withdraw
after a certain period —
has been removed.

The provision, it was
learnt yesterday, has
been abandoned on the
insistence of Black
leaders in the states.

The annual report of
the Corporation for In-
dustrial Development
reveals that the nat-
ional state govern-
ments have “indicated
quite clearly” that they
welcome White exper-
tise and have no objec-
tions to the permanent
presence of Whites
within the states.

Also, at the insist-
ence of the Black lead-
ers the original scheme
under which industrial-
ists had to relinquish
their factories to nat-
ional state citizens
within a certain period
are no longer applicable

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to the industrialists.

The report, released
in Pretoria yesterday,
outlined the activities
of the corporation for
the past year and war-
ned that the body was
finding it increasingly
difficult to get funds
and said there had been
a decrease in available
government funds.

It said, too, that it
had been established
that technical training
would have to play a
greater role in the de-
velopment of the nat-
ional states.

“The shortage of
trained technicians
hampers the tempo of
development and the
productivity
states,” it said.

The corporation said
that its yearly financial
requirements had in-
creased from R65,5-mil-
lion in 1979/80 to R216-
million in 1981/82.

During the past year,
the corporation’s “in-
dustrial establishment
action” had been par-

66

ticularly successful —
with a total of 42 indus-
trialists being estab-
lished in the national
states during the year,
providing employment
opportunities to 8729
people.

At the end of March
this year the corpora-
tion’s total investment
in industry totalled
R304-million with an es-
timated investment of
R180-million from the
private sector.

A total of 38 592 i:
dustrial job opportu-
nities had been created
in the self-governing
national states — a fig-
ure which increased to
52000 if the indepen-
dent states of Venda,
Transkei, Ciskei and
Bophuthatswana were
added.

In the year the cor-
poration’s bus fleet had
increased from 1 865 to
2222. The number of
passengers transported
increased by 18 percent
from 254-million to 306-
million.



GHANA

MURDERS OF HIGH COURT JUDGES SEEN AS VERY SIGNIFICANT

London WEST AFRICA in English No 3388, 12 Jul 82 pp 1797, 1798

[Article by Nii K, Bentsi-Enchil1]

[text]

THE CORPSES of three High Court
judges and the personnel director of the
Ghana Industrial Holding Corporation
were found near Akuse on the Accra
Plains on July 4. Mrs. Justice Cecilaa
Koranteng-Addow (aged 46), Mr. Justice
K. A. Agyepong (56), and Mr. Justice F.
P. Sarkodee (53) had been abducted on
various pretexts from their homes on June
30 by four armed men. The four victims
were buried in Accra on July 7 which the
PNDC declared a day of national mourn-
ing, but this has yet to be confirmed. There
are no early indications of when and where
Major Acquah was kidnapped. Reuters
described the corpses as “bullet-ridden and
partially burnt”.

In a broadcast on the evening of July 5,
Fit-Lt. J. J. Rawlings, chairman of the
PNDC, expressed his “horror.and that of
the government at these hideous acts of
terrorism. We condemn these acts from the
depths of our hearts, that they are against
all the principles which this revolutionary
process is designed to advance”. The
PNDC chairman said the armed forces had
been put on the alert and that it was
already clear that the “shameful deed” was
carried out by the enemies of the nation
who in the absence of superior military
force, had adopted “the tactics of terrorists
by the kidnapping and murder of innocent
citizens in order to create an atmosphere of
fear and panic among the population and
to use those as an opportunity for further
action”.

Fit-Lt. Rawlings said such terrorism,
“whether originating from counter-
revolutionaries or elements ostensibly sym-
pathetic to the revolutionary process”,

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could not be allowed to go unpunished. If
so allowed, it would plunge Ghana into
anarchy and chaos and destroy the advance
towards real democracy. He assured the
nation that a high-powered investigation
[led by the PNDC Secretary for Interior,
Mr. Johnny Hansen} was making every
effort to trace the “criminals who have
perpetrated this horrible act, and to deal
with them, whoever they are and whatever
their motive, in accordance with the demo-
cratic laws of this country”.

The PNDC chairman emphasised the
great importance of unity at this critical
time in the struggle to ensure social justice.
He therefore called on all working people
and democratic-minded people to express
their “abhorrence and condemnation of
these criminal acts”, and expressed pro-
found and sincere condolences to the
bereaved families.

A statement from the Judicial Service
expressed profound shock at the “‘callous
and cold-blooded murder” of three of its
members. The judges had found “no dis-
coverable motive” for the murders and
that the victims had performed their duties
in accordance with their judicial oaths.
Fit-Lt. Rawlings had advised the judiciary
to continue to discharge their duties un-
daunted, but “much as judges would want
to do so, it is impossible that normal
functioning of the courts should be un-
affected by this event. Accordingly, nor-
mal functioning of the courts cannot be
guaranteed for some time”.

The manner of the killings, the fact that
three of the four were judges, and the
political context of relatively overt class
struggle in Ghana make these murders



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Crowded

Mr Moven Mahachi,
Minister of Lands, Re-
settlement and Rural
Development says the
CFU is “over-reacting”.
The government, he
said, could not accept a
situation where 6 000
commercial farmers
(5500 White, 500
Black) occupied 15-mil-
lion ha while 6-million
people are crowded into
communal areas.

“Commercial farm-
ers are complaining
that their land is being
taken and production
will go down as a result.
Yes, we are taking this
land. and will continue
to take... especially big
farms... and give them
to the people of Zim-
babwe”, he said.

“We think the life of
an African is in the soil
and that anyone with
soil has wealth. We will
continue to take this
land until most of the
soil is in the hands of

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the masses.”

The latest issue of
the Zimbabwe Agricul-
tural and Economic Re-
view issues a cautious
warning. The country’s
commercial farmers, it
says, are among the
world’s most progres-
sive and productive ex-
perts in their field.

Demand for Jobs

“By the end of the de-
cade there will be 10-
million people living
and working in Zim-
babwe and the demand
for jobs and food will be
enormous. __ a

“While the immedi-
ate problem facing agri-
cultural policy-makers
is to relieve land press-
ure in the peasant
farming areas, the
mere distribution of
land will not provide
the right answers un-
less the land is prope:
worked.” a

That such warnings.
are well founded is

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already being proved in
Kwekwe West, where
the government has
bought or is in the pro-
cess of buying 44 000 ha
of commercial land for
resettlement purposes. -

Hacking trees

At a meeting of the
Kwekwe Farmers Asso-
ciation, one farmer
said: “People are going
there and hacking
down trees and there
are cattle all over the
place.

“Let us not put for-
ward a false picture of
what is happening. We
are destroying commer-
Gal food-producing
land and we will have to
pay for it in a few years
time.”

One farm which had
been bought for re-
settlement, he said, pre-
viously employed 150
workers and its pro-
duce — a lot of which
had been exported —
was worth Z$300 000 a
year.



GHANA

PDCs, DEVELOPMENT BODIES TO FINE THOSE NOT ATTENDING COMMUNAL LABOR
Accra GHANAIAN TIMES in English 9 Jul 82 p 8

[text] People's Defence Committees and Town Development Committees will
be allowed, by a law to be published soon, to impose fines on those who
fail to attend communal labour.

Speaking at a rally organized by the Department of Community Development
at Nyampesase in Ashanti to explain the aims and objectives of the
Revolution, a member of the Ashanti Regional Interim Coordinating Committee
for PDCs said traditional rulers would also be empowered to impose fines
on people who refused to attend meetings summoned by the beating of gong-

gong.

He stressed that since it was the responsibility of all people living ina
community to contribute to its development, everyone should play his part
well,

He expressed the need for PDCs to be devoted to duty.

The member warned PDCs not to collect or keep moneys in the course of their
duties and asked them to allow members of Town Development Committees to
take charge of financial matters.

Miss Grace Arthur, Ashanti Regional Officer of the Department of Community
Development appealed to the people to respond favourably to self-help

projects to develop their area,

She explained that the department would assist the rural people to undertake
development projects they themselves had initiated.--GNA

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HOSPITAL, BANK STRIKES REPORTED

London WEST AFRICA in English 12 Jul 82 p 1840

[Text]

cso:

Medical and banking services
were disrupted for 72 hours re-
cently in Freetown when sections
of the employees of both services
staged a sit-down strike in protest
over pay claims and other be-
nefits.

The worst hit was the govern-
ment medical service which came

_to a complete standstill in the

capital. Daily wage workers at all
the government’s hospitals in the
capital had given 21 days’ strike
notice at the end of last month in
protest over non-payment of pay
increases promised them two years
ago, non-payment for overtime on
Sundays and public holidays, non-
payment of transport and leave
claims, and stoppages of purchases
by the Ministry of Health author-
ities of boots, overalls and other
amenities required by workers to
carry on with their jobs.

Throughout the strike, the em-
ployees shut all hospital gates and
doors leading to the wards and
physically prevented doctors and
nurses from getting into the hos-
pitals. Those patients who were

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45

admitted in the wards and were
able to move around discharged
themselves while bed patients had

to stay unattended throughout the
duration of the strike. Not even
relations of these patients were
allowed in to see after them.

The workers returned to work
only after the Ministry of Health
authorities, led by the Minister of
Health, Dr. Fasuluku Suku Tam-
ba, promised to ensure that the
workers got their benefits without
further delay and to look into the
possibility of renewing purchases,
of the items requested.

The strike staged by the African
staff of Standard Bank was called
off after 48 hours when the Board
announced the approval of the
four points raised by the African
Staff Association. These were that
payment of car allowances should
not only be enjoyed by managers
but also by accountants and sub-
accountants; that leave subsidy
paid to senior staff should be
equivalent to 10 per cent of the
official’s annual salary; and that
instead of the Le450 medical ex-
penses available to senior officers,
medical expenses should not be
limited to a specific amount.

SIERRA LEONE



Harare THE HERALD in English 5 Jul 82 p 3

text]

cso:

4700/1574

Union Pledge

THE Zimbabwe Posts and Telecommunications Work-
ers’ Union has pledged increased productivity following

last week's pay rises ranging between 1 and 23,5 per-
cent.

The genera] secretary of
the union, Mr Dobba Go-
nye, welcoming the move
in a statement yesterday,
said the increments were
a step in the right direc-
tion in narrowing the
wage gap between postal
workers.

‘The increases announced
on Friday by the Deputy
Minister of Information,
Posts and Telecommunica-
tions, Dr Naomi Nhiwa-
tiwa, are on a sliding
scale, with the least paid
officials on $1200 a year
getting 23,5 percent and
those on- $20000 being
awarded a 1 percent in-
crement.

ATTITUDES

Assuring the ministry of
continued support from
the union, Mr Gonye said
his organisation was mak-
ing the necessary arrange-
ments for a programme to
educate his members on
the attitude they should
now .adopt towards their
work,

90

‘The move to train work-
ers was being pursued
now because the two
unions in the PTC were
in the process of drafting
a constitution which would
lead to a merger of the
two bodies.

Mr Gonye also announc-
ed that his union had pre-
pared a report on semi-
skilled workers now. do-
ing skilled jobs on both
the postal and telecommu-
nications sections and in-
tended to push for these
to be upgraded to the
level of officers and tech-
nicians.

He said the union would
like to see the full resto-
ration of all postal agen-
cies and manual exchanges
closed during the war
once the — semi-skilled
workers have’ been pro-
moted,


LESOTHO

BRIEFS

ANC MEN HELD--Maseru--Several South African refugees have been arrested by
the Lesotho police in connection with the murder of an African National
Congress member, Maseru police sources reported yesterday, Mr Z,Pototo Mbali,
(30), disappeared in Maseru on the evening of June 27 this year, His head
was found the next day under the Orange River bridge at Quthing., He was
alleged to have hidden a Mr Xolile Ondani, also an ANC member, after the ANC
hierarchy had given Mr Ondani an assignment he refused to undertake, sources
said, Radio Lesotho did not name those arrested but said they were South
African refugees. Their party affiliation was not given "to protect the
ANC," a relative of Mr Mbali claimed, A headless body has also been found
at Thaba-Putsoa after another ANC man disappeared some months ago. The
head has not been found, Mr Mbali's body has also not been found. His
mother is expected in Maseru on Thursday to mke funeral arrangements "with
or without the body," a family spokesman said.--Sapa [Text] [Johannesburg
THE CITIZEN in English 14 Jul 82 p 5]

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very significant. These are political mur-
ders that objectively damage the PNDC.
The main target of the murders are the
Ghanaian middle classes who may believe
they have now seen the symbolic kidnap-
ping and murder of the liberal democratic
order. Having begun to regain some of the
confidence they had before December 31,
the middle classes feel the spectre of
anarchic lawlessness they always see over
the shoulder of progressive change has.
become dramatically concrete. With more
desperation than courage, the Bar Associa-
tion has alleged there has been a “now
obvious pattern of abductions and murders
on Ghanaians all over the country”.

One must begin any chronology with the
violence and thuggery brought to bear
against, and unmatched by, the CPP be-
fore and after independence by the Nation-
al Liberation Movement and the United
‘Party. The bomb attacks against Kwame
Nkrumah in the early 1960s killed and
maimed innocents. For some people, such
acts of unprecedented ruthlessness justi-
fied preventive detention.

The killings associated with the 1966
coup d’état began with that of General
Kotoka and ended with the 1967 execu-
tions of Lts. Arthur and Yeboah, the latter
being the first “judicial” executions. There
was violence of different degrees perpe-
trated by the Busia government against
workers, and also against some of the
aliens forced to leave Ghana.

The Acheampoing regime opened with
the “mistaken identity” death after torture
of the brother of Mr. J. B. da Rocha of the
Progress Party. By 1975 there had been
instances of workers shot and killed by
police and soldiers in Tema, Obuasi and
Samreboi. In 1975, a “stray bullet” from
riot police killed the Sudanese student at
Legon, Mekki Abbas Abdelsalam, instead
of one of the demonstrating campus work-
ers. By the time+the ‘subversion case
involving Captain Tsikata (rtd.) came to
trial, the 63-year-old Mr. Allotey had been
tortured to death. Through 1977-78, police
and soldiers had displayed stunning feroc-
ity in brutalising students protesting
against UNIGOV in Accra, Kumasi and
Cape Coast. Government-sponsored thug-
gery increased, and included the killings of
at least four people at a People’s Move-
ment for Freedom and Justice rally in
Kumasi in January 1978.

It was also during these years that the
police force became notorious for
apparently wanton use of their increasingly
sophisticated arms. It would be useful to
know the total number of “thieves” who

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have been shot and killed by policemen
since the mid-1970s. It was the killing of a
Legon student at Accra railway station by a
policeman in early 1979 which really high-
lighted this problem.

Over these 25-odd years, other forms of
murder and violence must not be forgot-
ten. The brutally repressive relations be-
tween the forces of law and order and the
ordinary population are constant features.
Another constant has been murder and
violence arising from stool and skin dis-
putes, as well as the custom that dead kings
are accompanied by servants: Murders in
civil life have tended to be unspectacular,
cutlass slayings in rural areas, tending to
predominate and given sudden insights
into the state of the rural areas, as the
growing number of “economic” suicides
gave insight into the state of the economy.
The Bar Association no doubt remembers
the Sunyani murder case involving the
lawyer Ohene Djan, which was con-
troversially parlayed into manslaughter.
Inter-ethnic disputes have been fairly regu-
lar, but nothing such as the recent troubles
between Brong-Ahafo and the Ashanti
stool comes near the untold story of the
Nanumba-Konkomba war in the second
quarter of 1981 which resulted in up to
2,000 deaths.

After this brief chronology, it is evident
that Ghana was not an “erstwhile peaceful
country”, and that violence of a directly or
indirectly political character has been a
constant feature. The main feature of past
violence where related to state power is its
generally reactionary character, in recent
years specificially directed against advo-
cates of progressive and democratic
change. The June 4 period was a turning
point. Perhaps for the first time, the
hitherto dominant middle classes were
seriously threatened. The eight executions
served as a spectacle of punishment which
somewhat mollified angry lower ranks and
a lot of civilians over the excesses of a
vaguely-defined exploiter class. for the
middle-classes it was a warning, either to
eliminate “subversives” or to run Ghana’s
affairs better in future.

Now the worst fears of the middle classes
have been realised. The instruments of
violence formerly owned by the neo-
colonial state and trained to defend its
interests, have turned, and (so they be-
lieve) soldiers have brutally murdered
three guarantors of constitutional rule.
There has been immediate speculation
exclusively on the revenge motive: Sar-
kodee quashed Henry Djaba’s AFRC
conviction and ordered journalists not to



SOUTH AFRICA

DEFENCE CHIEF GIVES ASSURANCES ON NEW CALL-UP
Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 13 Jul 82 pp 1, 2
[Article by Keith Abendroth]

[text] The chief of the SA Defence Force, General Constand Viljoen, yester-
day cleared up confusion over the callup of older men and promised that in
future Citizen Force, Commando and National Reserve men would be called up
only when necessary.

And they would not be called up unless they could be productively employed.

Gen Viljoen put an end to speculation about the implications and implementa-
tion of the new system of National Service in terms of the amendment to the
Defence Act passed at the last session of Parliament.

He gave in-depth details in Pretoria yesterday of how the system is to be
implemented and made the announcement on Citizen Force, Commando and
National Reserve members-linked with an assurance that if and when they
were called for duty they would receive credit for the day.

Gen Viljoen said that although the four arms of the service--Army, Air Force,
Navy and Medical Service--still had to work out the finer details about the
implementation (these would be announced as they became available), the
general application of the new system would be as follows:

--Citizen Force: Each member of this force has to do a maximum of 360 days'
service/training and 360 days' operational service (which could also be
service in the infrastructure of the SADF in support of operations) during
the period of 12 years, This is divided into six cycles of 120 days each.

ome f 120
@ Eacl le of .
days is the maximum @ A period of 60 days solutely necessary to
period which a member maximum for operatio- comply with the opera-
is expected to serve in a nal service every alter- tional need for the ser-
period of two years. It is nate year. a vices of the SADF will
divided as follows: e The service/training be enforced.

i ini period an opera-
soriea of 30 days mark Hional service period in Credit
mum in each year (that the alternate year could Should there be no
means 60 days in the be continuous, but only operational need for
cycle). the number of days ab- the services of a par-

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SWAZILAND

Ciskeian Reshuffle
Heunis, on Reform
Atlantis Engine Blocks
SOWETO Petition

Police Commandant

Visa Ban Slammed

More Robben Island Releases
Too Few Scientists

New Feed Factory
Ingwavuma Appeal Date
Bank Staffs End Strike
Thloloe Arrested
Strydom Promoted
Chakela Killer Missing
Banned From Entering SA

Government Campaign for OAU Support on Border Issue Reported
(James Dlamini; THE TIMES OF SWAZILAND, 9 Jul 82).........

SA Group Plans To Open Gold Mine in Kangwane

ZIMBABWE

Munangagwa Challenges US Policy on Africa
(THE HERALD, 8. Jul 82)........+-

Mugabe Denounces Racism, Black or White

Zvobgo:

(James Dlamini; THE TIMES OF SWAZILAND, 5 Jul 82)..

(THE HERALD, 6 Jul 82).......

"Satan Rules' in South Africa

(THE CITIZEN, 15 Jul 82).....

Justice Minister Defends Secrecy in Stuffaford's Civil Suit
(THE CLTLZEN, 10 Jun 82). ..ccccececccccceccccecececcccceeee

Absentee MPs in Danger of Losing Seats
(THE CLTIZEN, 14 Jul 82).........

Swedish Aid Was Used Well--But 'Not as Expected’
(THE FINANCIAL GAZETTE, 2 Jul 82)...cccecceceeccccceceseeee

Role of Trade Attaches in Europe Reported

Deficit Plus Fall in Growth Rate Predicted

(Keith Atkinson; THE HERALD, 8 Jul 82).......ceseeeecvseene

(THE FINANCLAL GAZETTE, 2 Jul 82).....ececceeeceeecececeeee

PIC Workers Get Big Pay Increase
(THE HERALD, 3, 5 Jul 82). .ccccecececscccccsrenseccccssscee

Waming on Saboteurs
Union Pledge

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DEFICIT PLUS FALL IN GROWTH RATE PREDICTED

Harare THE FINANCIAL GAZETTE in English 2 Jul 82 p 3

[Text]

REAL growth in Zimbabwe is
likely to fall to 3% or less in 1982
after an estimated 12,9% expan-
‘sion in the real Gross National
Product last year, according to the
latest Economic Bulletin published
by the Standard Bank due for re-
lease early in July.

The main forces contributing to
this marked slowdown in the
growth rate of the economy are the
severe world recession, the drought
and adverse balance of payments
which has necesitated reduced
import allocations.

The bulletin: predicts that al-
though balance of payment figures
have not yet been published, a
deficit of close to $400 million is
likely — an increase of 150% over
1980. The main reason for this
heavy deficit was the $160 million
swing in the trade account from a
surplus of nearly $70 million to a
deficit of more than $90 million, -

40% GROWTH

The impressive GNP growth rate
of 40% in the years 1979-1981 is
expected to slow down consider-
ably, as will the increase.in per
capita income, which has risen by
8% per annum over the last three
years.

Also anticipated is a 12% fall in
agricultural production this year,
while output volumes of agricul-
tural produce will decline by more
than 20%, due to the much smaller
maize crop, and the anticipated

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one-third reduction in cotton deli-
veries.
Tobacco revenues, too, will be

-affected by the disappointing

auction floor prices in recent
weeks, and the bulletin predicts
that tobacco revenues will rise by a
maximum of 20% this year.

A grim year for Zimbabwe's
mining industry is forecast with
metal prices at their lowest level
since 1978 and costs of production
escalating sharply. It estimates @
5% fall in both value and volume
of mineral products this year, a
similar figure to that of 1981.

NO MORE THAN 4%

According to the report output
in the manufacturing sector will
also fall this year and the growth
rate will not be more than 4%.
‘This is due to a 14,5% cutback in
foreign currency allocations, a slip-
page in domestic demand and
adverse exchange rates which
affect exports.

The bulletin reveals.that Zimba-
bwe’s export performance in 1981
was the worst since 1970 in terms
of the volume of exports, and it
was only the 9,7% increase in
export prices which contributed to
the very modest $33 million increa-
se in exports.

At the same time, the volume of
imports in 1981 was the highest
since 1974, and expected to increa-
se this year, despite the fall in cur-
rency quotas, because of aid pro-
grammes.

88

ZIMBABWE

Referring to the much-discus-
sed devaluation of the Zimbabwe
dollar, the bank says that although
the Zimbabwe dollar is over-
valued it is questionable. whether
currency depreciation” will help.
achieve an improved external pay-
ments situation while international
demand is at such a low ebb.

It warns that in a country where
more than one-third of the GNP is
imported it is likely that a price-
adjustment benefit will be quickly
dissipated in the form of sharply
rising costs, prices and incomes.

Concern is expressed at two
major weak points in the country’s
economic performance — the low
level of private foreign investment
and the slow rate of job generation.

It notes that while.48 000 jobs a
year have been created since inde-
pendence in the non-agricultural
sectors of the economy, farm
employment has fallen by about’
35 000 giving a net annual increase
‘of 30 000 jobs a year. Despite this
increase the level of employment
has remained static since 1975,
while in the same period the
potential work force has grown by
three-quarters of a million.

On the subject of private foreign
investment hope was expressed
that after the expected announce-
ments of major investments here
by Heinz and Scania private
foreign investment will gather
momentum this year.



quarrel over the adm

lv followed and. attempts at di-
viding it are freauent. The
ssion of
the Canaroui Arab Democra-
tic Republic is a blatant exam-
ple of the division the OAU
has been subjected to in the
past few years. And yet if the
members of this organisation
were to present a united front
towards its common enemy,
imperialism, its capacity to re-
sist political domination and
economic exploitation would
be so much greater”.

Mr Sinon stressed that ra-
cism, the scourge of the Afri-
can continent, had to be
fought with greater determi-
nation. The Non-Aligned Mo-
vement and the OAU had to
Spare.no efforts to impress. on
the . industrialised countries
the urgency to stop futile dis-
cussions and take positive ac-
tion towards the independen-
ce of Namibia and the aboli-
tion of apartheid for the be-
nefit of. the African people
and thé own good of the
white minority in South Africa,
he said.

Turning to the recent inva-
sion of Lebanon. Mr Sinon
said that criminal attempt to
liquidate the Palestinian peo-
ple through the massacre of
innocent civilians and the
destruction of their legitimate
organisation had revealed
clearly that zionism, the right
hand of imperialism in the
Arab world, would not stoo
short of reducing the oil-pro-
ducing countries to vower-
less purveyors of cheap ener-

33

gy to Western industries so
as to improve their comreti-
tivity and increase their proti-
tability. “Zionism can be resis-
ted by the concerted action
of the Arab countries and the
solidarity .of friendly states,”
the SPPF delegate said.

“Imperialism and _ its allies
can only be effectively’ resist-
ed by the developing world if
it is economically strong.
Strength can only be achiev-
ed through intensive coopera-
tion in all fields of the econo-
my”.

The financial assistance
provided by OPEC to coun-
tries of the Third World, espe-
cially those of Africa, consti-
tuted the type of economic
cooperation that served to les-
sen the devendence of deve-
lovina courtries vis-a-vis im-
perialism, Mr Sinon  conti-
nued.

Intensify development

However, much more could
be done. The African Deve-
lopment Bank and the Arab
Bank of Economic Develop-
ment in. Africa. should be
strenghtened to intensify de-
velopment in Africa and mini-
mise the intervention of finan-
cial institutions that imposed
crippling conditions on Third
World countries. _

“However,” Mr Sinon con
tinued, “economic coopera-
tion can only come about in
an atmosphere of peace. Im-
perialism promotes regional
conflicts in various parts of
the developing wortd to pro-


ZIMBABWE

SERIOUS BREAD SHORTAGE NEXT YEAR SEEN LIKELY

Harare THE HERALD in English 8 Jul 82 p 1

[text]

THERE could be a serious bread shortage next year, the chairman
of the grain committee of the Agricultural Marketing Authority,

Mr Mike Butler, has said.
He said wheat stocks would be depleted
when early deliveries of the crop still in

Wheat requirements un-
til October next year were
250000 tonnes a year, and
the shortfall would be
50000 tonnes,

In Harare it is already
virtually impossible to
buy bread in the high-den-
sity suburbs in the even-
ings, and the supply on
Sundays is limited,

‘The bakeries said they
were not getting enough
flour from the millers, who
in turn said they were not
receiving sufficient wheat
from the Grain Marketing
Board.

With just over 200 000
tonnes of wheat delivered
last year, the overall sup-
ply position, compared to
past performance, changed
from a surplus to a deficit.

“The . producer price
should. be increased to
eatice farmers

to grow
more wheat,” Mr Butler

said, .
Marketing agencies were
not keen on barter deals,
which last year netted
16500 tonnes of wheat for
maize sent to Zambia,

cso: 4700/1574

‘The import, he said, was
augmented by a few thou-
sand tonnes of wheat from
various overseas charities,

"Though wheat sales top-
ped 224000 tonnes last
year, Mr Butler said sup-
pies to millers would not
last beyond July next

year.

“We understand the
reasons for providing
cheap food, but it is the
method of applying subsi-

dies that needs investigat-

ing.”

Mr Butler said many
maize importing countries
had been hit by the West-
ern recession, with mineral
exports fetching low
prices, This now affected
Zimbabwean maize deals.

The Grain Marketing
Board, he said, was losing
experienced staff to the
higher paying private

95

by the end of September,
the ground were expected.

sector,

‘The president of the
Millers’ Association, Mr
Keith Watt, said his com-
pany, National Foods
Limited, was milling as
much flour as possible, but
they needed more wheat.
National Foods have cut
their milling operation by

of Blue Ribben Industries
Limited, Mr Hamish Mc-
Bain, said his company
had. been “badly affected
by the wheat shertage’.
Most bakeries said the
shortage had compelled
them to cut production,
London Bakery (Pvt.)
Ltd had cut bread produc-
tion by 25 percent, while
Lobel Brothers (Pvt.) Ltd
had cut production but
were attempting an even
distribution of their bread.



CSO:

‘lower than R. 86 million and

R. 93 million in the corres-
rording periods of 1981 and
1980 respectively.

“The Government is keenly
aware of the critical role of
tourism in the economy, and
is considering a variety of
measures to revive this indus-
try”, the SMA said. These in-
cluded an innovative promo-
tion of tourism in the coun-
tries which had so far sent
most tourists, and those
which held most promise.

According to the exchange
record, proceeds from mer-
chandise exports were only
R. 3.8 million in this quarter,
as against R. 10.1 million in
the first quarter of 1981, and
R. 7.6 million in the fourth
quarter of the same year. Re-
ceipts from «foreign airlines,
and miscellaneous remittan-
ces were a trifle better than
in the “preceeding few
months.

Imported and local goods
had about the same weight
in the Seychelies retail price
index in 1981 — 0.504 and
0.496 respectively. The index
was relatiely steady between
134 and 135 in the second
and third quarters of fast year.

“This was the result of an ac-

tual decline by over five per
tent in the index for import-
ed goods, following the reva-
luation of the rupee, combin=
ing with a four per cent rise
in the index for local goods.
The last quarter of 1981 saw
declines in both these two

components, of 1.9 per cent

4700/1579

36

and 1.6 per cent respectively,
resulting in a 1.7 per cent
decline of the overall index.

In the January — March
quarter this year, the two
components of the index
again displayed divergent
movements. Imported good
recorded a large, five per
cent decline while focal
goods~ rose by almost one
per cent. The overall index
fell by almost two per cent.

For a small economy like
that of Seychelles, month-to-
month fluctuations may often
result from such chance fac-

tors as. the arrival of consign
ments of different categories
of goods from abroad, their
posts of origin, and release
from stocks already held by
the trading sector.

There were perhaps. other
factors, like those related to
decline in freight rates in
some sectors, the mode of
administration of mark-up
controls, fluctuations in the
value of the rupee vis-a-vis‘the
major foreign currencies in
which imports to Seychelles
are generally invoiced, etc.,
which influenced the course
of retail prces from time to
time.

Another phenomenon which
also seemed to call for inves-
tigation was the slow but
continued rise in the index
for tocat goods, punctuated
by a decline in the tast quar-
ter of T98T.

SAP