African Activist Archive

Mailing on the period leading up to the independence election in Namibia. The mailing says it is with a mixture of frustration, hope, anger, and concern that we watch the fascinating events unfold; clearly the march toward independence is uphill; there will be battles every step of the way; enclosed are documents which will help you "get a feel" for the situation, and suggestions for action which help us play a role in the struggle. The mailing asks people to write a letter demanding the removal of Koevoet and Battalion 101 members from SWAPOL to Assistant Secretary Herman J. Cohen at the Department of State and Secretary General Javier Perez deCuellar at the United Nations. The mailing includes Second Observer Group Commission on Independence for Namibia by Commission on Independence for Namibia. The mailing includes a report by Gwen McKinney of the Namibia Information Service. The mailing includes ARMED DTA CAMPAIGN WORKERS ATTACK RETURNING REFUGEES, FORMER SADF 101 BATTALION TROOPS THREATENING THE NORTH by the Namibia Communications Centre. The mailing includes sample letters to UN Secretary General Javier Perez de Cuellar and Assistant Secretary of State Herman J. Cohen. The mailing says the Commission on Independence for Namibia is coordinated by Gay McDougall of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. The mailing discusses Koevoet, the South West African Police Force (SWAPOL), UN Resolution 435, political prisoners, SWAPO, the International Committee of the Red Cross, Amnesty International, Pastor Festus Naholo, the DTA (Democratic Turnhalle Alliance), Lutheran Pastor Molefe Tsele, the Lutheran School of Theology in Chicago, the Meta Butler Hunt Travel bureau, police officers, the Administrator General, the UN Special Representative, UNTAG (United Nations Transitional Assistance Group), Casspirs, Petrus Joseph, the AG's Draft Proclamation on the Constituent Assembly, SWABC, news coverage, the Registration Proclamation, white South Africans, Engela Reception Centre, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Hidipo Shanyengange, Rauna Nghishekwa, Tangani Shikomba, church officials, Hans Dreyer, Doris Peschke, the Protestant Church of Hesse and Nassau, the Churches Information and Monitoring Service of the Council of Churches (CCN), SWAPO prisoners in Angola and Zambia, disappearances, inhuman treatment during incarceration, John Evenson, and F.W. de Klerk.

African Activist Archive

[Dear Friends of Namibia, As the hot summer weeks go by, you may be wondering how things are progressing in Namibia.]

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