http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=200229&area=/insight/insight__national/
SA sells arms to hot spots
Nic Dawes
24 March 2005 12:13
South Africa’s vaunted arms control legislation is not preventing local companies from selling weapons to countries with appalling human rights records, and to governments involved in some of the world’s nastier conflicts.
The latest report of the national conventional arms control committee, which must approve all South African arms exports, shows that exports increased by 20% to R3,1-billion in 2003. They were helped by sales to countries with poor human rights records including Swaziland, Côte d'Ivoire, the Philippines, Colombia, Guinea, Algeria, Nepal, China and Pakistan.
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>From: tfast at yorku.ca
>Reply-To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
>To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
>Subject: RE: [lbo-talk] Israel,South Africa revive defense ties after
>15-year hiatus
>Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 19:16:21 -0400
>
>It is interesting to note that prior 1994 SA was something like the worlds
>fifth
>largest arms exporter. No doubt overstates the size of the local Arms
>industry
>in SA because there was alot of reselling going on. But SA did have major
>and
>sophisticated capacity and had until 1994 a "joint" nuclear program with
>Israel. Be interesting to see if this latest revrsal by the ANC in terms
>of
>foriegn policy is going to be followed by the revival of the arms industry
>in
>SA. Anyone heard anything in this regard,ie, any major arms deals. I would
>be
>interested know.
>
>
>Travis
>
>
>Quoting Joseph Wanzala <jwanzala at hotmail.com>:
>
> > file under: 'history as farce'.
> >
> > Joe W.
> >
>
>
>
> > >From: Bryan <bryan at indymedia.org.il>
> > >
> > >Well, um...this is pretty saddening...
> > >
> > >I can see this being used as a tool against any future anti-Israel
>policy
> > >boycotts proposed: "How can you justify boycotting Israel using
>Apartheid
> > >SA as an example when SA is renewing ties with Israel as we speak?..."
> > >
> > >Not that boycotts have much of a chance of success following the AUT
> > >fiasco.
> > >
> > >Bryan
> >
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