The MDC leadership in South Africa is stunned by weekend revelations that the South Africas National Arms Control Committee (NCACC) is considering authorizing the sale of rounds of ammunition to Zimbabwe.The revelations were made by DA MPs who were in Zimbabwe on a three day fact finding mission recently. NCACC Chairman, Minister Jeff Radede, was quoted in the press over the weekend confirming that they were considering selling bullets to Mugabe. ANC Chief Whip, Mathole Motshekga openly justified arming Mugabe saying: Contrary to the DA disinformation, there is no arms embargo imposed against either Zimbabwe or Syria by the United Nations Security Council.
We are hereby appealing to the ANC led government to immediately stop doubting that Mugabe would use the arms to butcher MDC supporters and leaders. This is a fact which is beyond any contest. This is not speculation. We can not afford the luxury of a debate when people are being butchered. This is way above our wildest imagination that South Africa, whose President Jacob Zuma., is the Chairman SADCC, a guarantor of the Global Political Agreement being implemented in Zimbabwe, could supply ammunition to trigger-happy Zanu PF Sadducees. Zanu PFs high propensity for the blood of its opponents has never been doubted by anybody since the Chimurenga liberation struggle of the 1970s. The ANC knows this. We urge the ANC government to be considerate, compassionate, exercise caution and good judgment. The ANC need not to wait and lament when there is blood in the streets of Harare, Bulawayo, Gweru, Masvingo and in the villages of Muzarabani, Tsholotsho, Chirumanzu, Gutu, Chivi, and Mberengwa.