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Zimbabwe acquits sixty-six of the suspected mercenaries of weapons offences charges but finds Simon Mann guilty of attempting t
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- 01BBC, (2004). 'Key Dates', Focus on Africa, October to December, v. 15 no. 4, p. 8
- 02(2005). The financier, the plotter and the mercenary, The Star, 14 January, p. 13
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2012, August 10). Zimbabwe acquits sixty-six of the suspected mercenaries of weapons offences charges but finds Simon Mann guilty of attempting t. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0090317
South African History Online (2012) 'Zimbabwe acquits sixty-six of the suspected mercenaries of weapons offences charges but finds Simon Mann guilty of attempting t', South African History Online, 10 August. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0090317 (Accessed: 26 September 2026).
South African History Online, Zimbabwe acquits sixty-six of the suspected mercenaries of weapons offences charges but finds Simon Mann guilty of attempting t [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0090317, (accessed 26 September 2026).
"Zimbabwe acquits sixty-six of the suspected mercenaries of weapons offences charges but finds Simon Mann guilty of attempting t." South African History Online, 10 Aug. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0090317. Accessed 26 Sept. 2026.
South African History Online. "Zimbabwe acquits sixty-six of the suspected mercenaries of weapons offences charges but finds Simon Mann guilty of attempting t." South African History Online. August 10, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0090317.
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