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South African Labour Union Refuses to Unload Chinese Ship With Weapons

by Roberto Alvarez-Galloso | April 17, 2008 at 11:02 am

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According to The Times in South Africa, SATAWU [South Africa Transport and Allied Workers Union] refuse to unload the Chinese Ship An Jue Yiang and wants the ship to return to China. This is in defiance of the South African Government and its position of noninterference with the shipment. The SA Institute of Race Relations have also stated that it will be "unconscionable for South Africa to allow an arms consigment through its borders en route to Zimbabwe. If the shipment went ahead, South Africa's culpability in the Zimbabwe Crisis would then be without question".

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The Times: "Union Refuses to Unload Arms Ship"

http://www.thetimes.co.za/News/Article.aspx?id=750957

I would also like to thank Adamastor for his help in the dissemination of this news.

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Amy Judd

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at 11:09 on April 17th, 2008

AlvarezGalloso, I like this story. It's good stuff. Thanks for the update! Great job!

Roberto Alvarez-Galloso

at 11:35 on April 17th, 2008

Thanks amyjudd for your comments. It is important that this news receives full coverage. The fact that the ship arrived with arms destined for Zimbabwe, the fact that the South African Government [the same one that is promoting the World Cup 2010] would allow the arms to pass through South African territory to Zimbabwe, and the fact that a Labour Union said no is enough to give publicity to those who wanted a genocide and those who were brave enough to stop the attempt at genocide.

Roberto Alvarez-Galloso

at 11:37 on April 17th, 2008

amyjudd and Now Public.com, I am also informing you that I am also simultaneously publishing my articles about Zimbabwe in my blog. I have also translated them in Spanish so that Latin America and the Latin Community would be informed. I have also written to Univision [the US Latin Station] about the need to give coverage to this story. After all, Univision has the rights to transmit the 2010 World Cup in Spanish for the American Continent.