Jacob Zuma About To Send Mugabe More Than A Million Rounds of Ammunition
Best of Friends: Mugabe and Zuma at a recent Heads of State meeting in South Africa. South Africa is to send "more than a million rounds" of ammunition to Zimbabwe, the opposition Democratic Alliance has told the South African Parliament Harare, Zimbabwe, 07 August 2009 A fact-finding mission from South Africa's Democratic Alliance opposition has told parliament that Mugabe is stockpiling weapons and is due to receive a shipment of ammunition from Jacob Zuma's government shortly. South Africa has indeed sold 9mm and 7.2mm ammunition to Mugabe's armed forces and the shipment will shortly arrive in Zimbabwe, the South African parliament was told. More than a million rounds of both types of ammunition are said to be on order. The DA says it spoke to government ministers from the opposition parties and "people on the ground" to come to this conclusion. Venezuela, Cuba and North Korea were mentioned as sources of arms for Mugabe. But they are barking up the w...