[PAR35]

5 000 bullets, 200 smoke grenades and 200 bullet-proof vests,

Sounds like a mighty small load for a 747.

The Boeing 747 can carry 200 passengers but can also partially or completely turned into a cargo plane.

Sounds like a mighty small load for a 747.

[Ironfocus]

This may be a symbolic gesture from Mbeki, remember he visited Haiti just a few weeks ago, and paid $1.5mil for the party. SA taxpayers money well spent, and now he will do it again. Good thing all SAfricans have food, water, homes, AIDS drugs, and are safe in the streets and their own homes. Otherwise one may think it's a complete waste of money. Good thing the noble Canadians will be going, the ammo must be for them.