SA to facilitate arms for Zimbabwe?

Armscor role in arms for Zimbabwe
Mail & Guardian 18/4/2008
The South African government is determined to allow the export of a large consignment of Chinese weapons and ammunition to the Zimbabwe Defence Force (ZDF). The Mail & Guardian has confirmed that AB Logistics, state-owned Armscor's transport arm, has been approached to handle the transport of the weapons to Zimbabwe ... The government's role flies in the face of growing evidence of a campaign of human rights abuse intended to intimidate supporters of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) -- and independent observers' assessment that there is a de facto military government in Zimbabwe ... six containers of weapons destined for the ZDF were shipped to Durban by the Chinese government-controlled conglomerate Poly Technologies for onward transport to Harare. The consignment comprises three million rounds of AK-47 ammunition, 1 500 rocket-propelled grenades and more than 3 000 mortar rounds together with mortar tubes. It is aboard the Chinese vessel An Yue Jiang ... government spokesperson Themba Maseko said on Thursday that South Africa was "not in a position to act unilaterally and interfere in a trade deal between two countries" ... Indications are that the consignment is a rushed delivery. It left China on March 15, days before the Zimbabwean elections ...