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SA pledges sanctions compliance

South African said on Wednesday it fully supported UN sanctions against Angola’s UNITA rebel movement and would take firm action against South Africans contravening them.

In a statement, Foreign Minister Nkosazana Zuma said Pretoria was aware some South Africans had violated the sanctions. She said South Africa would work closely with the UN for the success of the sanctions aimed at ending the country’s 30-year civil war.


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