School boycotts and labour struggles have led to widespread detentions of workers, students and teachers throughout Namibia. In addition, seven people were reported to have been detained by soldiers in the Ombalantu area of northern Namibia on 13 August. They were named as Evelin AINDAKO, Aitika AMKWA, Laserus AMUULUNGU, Titus 'Kapwepwe' ANGULA, Natanael HINAMWAAME, Tylvas KAHIMA and Oscar Nailenge MUHONGO.
Other reported detentions not previously noted in FOCUS are: Nason IILEKA, a 15-year-old boy from Tsandi who was detained on 14 July; Jesaya SHEEFENI from Onheleiwa, detained on 25 March; and Sheetekela SHININGENI (24) from Windhoek, detained on 19 July.
Afunda NGHIYOLWA (44), of Oshikwiyu in northern Namibia, was sentenced to an effective 20 years' imprisonment by the Windhoek Supreme Court in August on charges of murder and sabotage. He was convicted of bombing the Oshakati branch of Barclays Bank in February 1987 and blowing up an electricity substation in the same town soon afterwards. The court was told that he was acting under the instructions of a combatant in the People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN), SWAPO's armed wing.
Andreas VILHO (24) was convicted in the Windhoek Supreme Court on 26 August on two charges of attempted murder and a charge of culpable homicide. Reportedly a former PLAN combatant, he had opened fire on two police-men outside the Katutura workers' compound in June last year. The driver of a passing bus had been killed in the incident, but Vilho denied responsibility. Earlier, police from the Koevoet Counter-Insurgency Unit had opened fire on civilians in the compound, and Vilho himself had been attacked by two men. Police and troops subsequently sealed off the compound and mounted a room-to-room search, assaulting residents.
