South Africa and Namibia
Sir.—Some of the findings of the Nationhood Programme for Namibia (set up by the United Nations), as reported in the “New Scientist” (June 11, 1981), are as follows: (1) “White settlers, though, have pushed the local people off Namibia’s considerable pasture land (60 per cent of the land is reserved for whites) and they now grow for export vast quantities of beef and karakul sheep ... In particular, satellite photos show that 20 per cent of the whiteowned grazing land is seriously overgrazed and that some is ‘now almost wasteland’.” (2)“... at present, Namibia gets nothing from the $350 million a year off-shore fishing industry. Research over the past two years provides clear evidence of overfishing. The South African-owned coastal fleet, which works out of Walvis Bay, has almost depleted the pil chard stock. Similarly, there is evidence that hake is being overfished...” It seems evident that South Africa exploits Namibia.—Yours, etc., KIT GRESSON. September 11, 1981.
South Africa and Namibia
Press, 12 September 1981, Page 14
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