Um barco Chines carregando milhoes de municoes para o Zimbabwe enconra-se no porto de Durban.
Row over Zimbabwe arms shipment
Reports say the ship is carrying millions of rounds of ammunition
A large arms consignment bound for Zimbabwe remains on board a ship at the South African port of Durban after running into a political row.
South African dockworkers are refusing to unload the Chinese vessel, which is anchored off the port.
And a local lobby group has asked the High Court to block the shipment in case it leads to human rights abuses.
South Africa's government says it cannot legally prevent the arms being transported through the country.
The row comes amid continuing tension in Zimbabwe over the failure to publish election results.
Critics say Zimbabwe's Zanu-PF government will use the weapons to further suppress democratic rights, as accounts continue to emerge of the beating of opposition supporters.
'Nothing to do with us'
The ship, the An Yue Jiang, contains three million rounds of ammunition for AK-47s, 1,500 rocket-propelled grenades and several thousand mortar rounds, according to South Africa's Mail and Guardian newspaper. IN http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7354428.stm
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