At the end of November four people were released from detention: Rev Junius KAA-PANDA and Heikki SHILILIFA (NAKA-YALE) who had been held since 22 October, and Helena MULEKA and Esther HANGO who were detained on 15 November. Newspapers reported 'an international outcry' as well as local protest at the detention of Hango in particular. She is in charge of a rural clinic at Onayena in northern Namibia and her detention focussed attention on health services in the Ovambo bantustan which are effectively under military control.
The South African Medical Services (SAMS) branch of the SADF has the decisive say in the administration and staffing of the bantustan's health services.
