Namibia bound? Not Jackson
Government officials in Namibia were surprised to learn that Michael Jackson wouldn’t be arriving Friday as they had thought.
An American organization claiming to represent Jackson, St. Louis-based Adventure in Africa Tours, had sent a letter to President Sam Nujoma saying the singer planned to visit Namibia as part of a 12-day African cultural tour.
A meeting was scheduled for Jackson with the president at noon, Nujoma’s personal assistant, Andre Hashiyana, said Friday.
Jackson spokeswoman Raymone K. Bain said the travel company had acted without the singer’s permission. She noted that Jackson couldn’t leave the United States because he had turned in his passport to Santa Barbara County prosecutors as a condition of his release after he pleaded not guilty to child molestation charges. A pretrial hearing in the case is scheduled April 30.
An official reached at Adventure in Africa Tours maintained a trip had been planned but fell through.
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