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10/29/2004:

"ANC backing Zanu-PF, claims DA"

Cape Town - The Democratic Alliance on Friday said the African National Congress wanted to maintain close ties with Zimbabwe's ruling party, Zanu-PF, not with the Congress of SA Trade Unions, the ANC's alliance partner.

DA chief whip Douglas Gibson said the ANC had "a well-documented history of close fraternal ties with Zanu-PF".

"It is abundantly clear from the government's weak reaction to the shocking treatment of Cosatu by the Zimbabwean government that it is intent on maintaining these close relations with Zanu-PF at any cost," he said.

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