20 May 2008
Cape Town — The international union federation which has been tracking a Chinese arms shipment to Zimbabwe said Tuesday the weapons have not been delivered.
Contradicting numerous reports in recent days suggesting that the weapons were shipped to Zimbabwe through Angola or Congo-Brazzaville, the general secretary of the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), David Cockcroft, accused the Zimbabwean government of spreading “propagandist lies.”
Also on Tuesday, South Africa’s deputy foreign minister, Aziz Pahad, reiterated to a news briefing that the Chinese government had told him it had recalled the An Yue Jiang, the vessel carrying the shipment, and that it was returning to China.
Cockcroft said the latest reporting arose from a “recycled claim” made two weeks ago by Zimbabwe’s deputy information minister, Bright Matonga, that the weapons had been offloaded in the southern Angolan port of Lobito.
When Matonga made his statement, added Cockcroft, the An Yue Jiang was 230 nautical miles south of Lobito. Two days later, it bypassed the port and “tried to sneak into Luanda undetected.”
Referring to reports suggesting the weapons were offloaded in the port of Ponta Negra in Congo-Brazzaville, Cockcroft said the ship “been nowhere near DR Congo or Congo-Brazzaville.” At the end of last week, the ITF had located the ship on a course consistent with a return to China.
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Do us a favour Phiri and count how many of the news stories under World News on the BBC website are about Zimbabwe. Same for CNN, NBC, etc.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/default.stm http://edition.cnn.com/WORLD/
At this exact moment (22:23 BST) I see NO stories about Zim on either of those sites.
If there's any fabrication and agenda at play Phiri it's your anti-west propaganda!
Minddumb, there are two articles on the BBC on line. See what the headline of AllAfrica has been the last three month? All Zimbabwe. Do your research you dummy!!!
Zimbabwe is not the only African country deserving such publicity. The Democratic Republic of Congo has lost 3 million people, there is an going war there! Sudan, Darfur has not been solved (only voluminous words from your kind), Somalia, there is no government. Just because there are approximately 5 million whites in Southern White does not mean that you should take the center stage.
Mind dumb you are being totally foolish. There are almost a billion people in Africa and the white anglo voice is a tiny dictortorial voice. Get real you hardly can say you represent any major sector of the Southern Africa population. Cut the foolish,idiotic propaganda....
Yaa, I really feel pity for the poor analysis in Phiriá stance and information.U r ZANU PH drunk and as normal to many ZANU people u r even emotional and brainwashed...just like yo president who have destroyed the ones bread basket of Africa in a range of 28 wasted years! it speaks volumes about u, especially when u r confident in comparing Zim with Somalia, Sudan, DRC, so in actual fact when everyone is suffering to change things for the beta, to remove Zim from the deathtol list, its a suprise tt for ple like u its not even enough,Zim should be like the worst!!
Yes, just like any other country, Zim has a lot of issues happening tt calls human attention and concern,no wonder why u find stories about Zim everywhere! For u its about ZANU PF, but the truth doesnt cahnge that there is a major concern about Zim news NOW than ever.
Beware, ZANU ndeyeropa mukoma. It will bve too late for u to believe in the truth before u can be a victim of the same policies u r protecting!! And, move on with time its high time for yo father Mugabe to go, he might try everything as always but believe me Tsvangirai is yo next president in Zim, no meta how much time Mugabe will b able to stop tt but thats where Zim is heading to. Its history man...come on. U with yo own eyes wl witnwss Tsvangirai tuling tt country, if u r intelligent enaf stop killing ple being used by a dieing party, wake up! Even Mugabe himself knows tt no normal Zimbabwean will vote for him again, thats why he is busy exorsting his hopelessness thru killing. Good bye ZANU fanatic. learn to accept things u cannot change...noone can change the situation tt ZANU has lost control of the ple´s support in yo copuntry brother!
Its funny how Priri has nothing to say so attacks the messenger. Not an ounce of content from him ever.
Zimbabwe deserves a lot of attention my brotha.Why are you worried?You want to kill pple in silence?
You said "Just about everything on Zimbabwe is major news in newspapers or internet that have associations with anglos". Is AllAfrica the definitive source of world news for "anglos"? Your logic is .. wait what am I saying? Your logic? That's an oxymoron.
As usual Phiri you lash out when your brainless theories are proven wrong. I'm still waiting to see one verifiable fact in anything you post. A pathetic effort for someone who calls himself a teacher. :-D
shame on you ..even 1 lost life due to political violence or motives to us proud Zimbabweans its worth being aired worldwide...whether DRC,SUDAN,DAFUR has more deaths or not God will punish the oppressors including your own ZANU PF AND PRESIDENT. You havent been beaten thats why and l pray if you are still there in Zim it will catch up with you then you will understand the dead voices crying in the name of Zanu and your leader...God bless you and hope your mind will be open.. why hide the truth??
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Just about everything on Zimbabwe is major news in newspapers or internet that have associations with anglos, whether in the UK or especially in Southern Africa. The problem with this agenda driven reporting is that it leaves out important other news items.