On a five-nation Southern African tour, Ghali’s stopped in Pretoria to thank Cyril Ramaphosa for the political and humanitarian support.

In an exclusive interview with EyeWitness News, Saharawi President Ebrahim Ghali says Morocco joining the continental body enables African Union members to apply increasing pressure on it to end its 43-year occupation of Western Sahara.

Morocco, which doing the bidding of multi-national companies seeking to exploit Saharawi fish, phosphates, iron ore, gold and possibly uranium, hopes to undermine the founding-member status of the territory it annexed.

The AU realizes,  however, that pandering to the wishes of a colonial occupier would undermine its credibility and make it look ridiculous. 

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South African authorities have set a May 18 court day in the High Court of the windy city to hear a petition by the Western Sahara ruling party for the return of the 55 000 tonne cargo.

The maritime world is somewhat aghast at the drama playing out in Port Elizabeth.

Publications serving the industry refer to what they call an obscure decades old dispute involving the desert country illegally occupied by Morocco.

Polisario Front, ruling the Western Sahara .says the phosphates were stolen by the occupiers and shipped for sale in New Zealand.

The Port Elizabeth High Court will hear that the European Court of Justice has expressly found that the Western Sahara and its riches do not belong to Morocco.

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The matter will come before the High Court in Port Elizabeth on May 18.

The New Zealand bound ship being held in Port Elizabeth will test the European Court decision last year that Morocco cannot sell products from the country that not part of it.

South African authorities seized the ship carrying 50 000 tonnes of phosphates after a court action by the Western Sahara Polisario movement.

Its alleging the cargo’s being illegally transported from its territory occupied by Morocco since 1975.

After a ceasefire ending its liberation war, the Saharawi Government has been locked in negotiations  with Morocco to end the occupation.

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