### ANGULA, Jason Jason Angula, the SWAPO Secretary for Labour and private secretary to the general secretary of the Council of Churches in Namibia, was detained under Proclamation AG9 on 7 October.

### HALUDILU, Hishiinawa Hishiinawa Haludilu, a workman employed by the South African Defence Force at Oshakati, was arrested on 8 August. Two days previously he was among a group of employees who had refused to attend a 'course of instruction' at an undisclosed venue.

### KAVARA, Abbey and MUREMI, Nimrod Nimrod Murami and Abbey Kavara, two residents of Rundy in the Kavango bantustan, were detained in August following rumours that they were organising a strike of administration workers in the town. Muremi, an employee of the Forestry Department, was detained on 21 August while Kavara, a businessman, was picked up four days later. Both were held under Proclamation AG9. A third man detained with them was subsequently released. It was thought the men were being held at the Mururani checkpoint between the Kavango bantustan and Grootfontein. Friends were particularly worried about Kavara who was ill.

### SHIGWEDHA, Julius Eino On 14 August police belonging to the Counter-Insurgency Unit COIN (formerly Koevoet) took Julius Eino Shigwedha from his home at Elombe in the Ondonga region after first assaulting him. According to the evidence of his family the police were originally looking for his brother Ismael. When they were told Ismael was away at school they alleged he had left the country to undergo military training with SWAPO and took Julius instead.

### SHIIMI, Paulus Paulus Shiimi (21), a teacher in Ongandjera, was abducted from his workplace on 5 August during a large-scale campaign of terror by members of the South African Defence Force. A 13-year-old girl, Line EELU, was amongst scores of people beaten up and tortured with electric shocks. Others named were Amadhila NEHEMIA, a teacher, and Abraham MOSES (60). Over a week later Eelu was still receiving medical treatment.

The soldiers went from house to house interrogating and assaulting the residents. They also erected road blocks, beat up students at Etalaleko Secondary school and ordered shops to close. The community was questioned about SWAPO guerrillas allegedly active in the area. Shiimi's mother told reporters that she feared he would be 'branded as a guerrilla and taken away for good'.

The army recently moved its base from Ongandjera at the request of the bantustan authorities, and soldiers were quoted as saying: 'You were happy because we left your area, but now we are back to show you who is the boss here.'

## RELEASE Martin MULONDO who was detained in the Caprivi bantustan in April, was charged in July with possession of a banned publication, namely a 1986 issue of the PLAN journal, The Combatant. In August he was released on bail and the following month charges were withdrawn. Mulondo works for the Council of Churches in Namibia.

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