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South Africans arming UNITA

    JOHANNESBURG

    South Africans have been involved in supplying arms to the UNITA rebel movement, South African Deputy Foreign Minister, Aziz Pahad said in parliament on Wednesday.

    Pahad was quoted by 'Business Day' as saying: "There are those who had close links with UNITA in the past and they continue to violate UN sanctions." Pahad added that UNITA was currently better armed than at the time of the Lusaka peace accord. He said that the Pretoria government was "constantly giving attention to the situation in Angola and trying to re-establish peace in that country."

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