If you are getting ready to board a flight to South Africa or Zimbabwe, there are a few things you need to know. After our April issue had gone to print last month some rumors began circulating about South African Airways refusing to take firearms to Zimbabwe and confiscating ammunition from passengers’ luggage. Here is what’s really going on.
First, that European Union embargo on firearms to Zimbabwe is starting to be applied more consistently across Europe. For years, The Hunting Report has warned subscribers that because of the EU ban they cannot check their hunting firearms through to Zimbabwe when flying through the United Kingdom. Last year, the Netherlands began to intercept firearms transiting to Zimbabwe as well. Now other EU ports and European airlines are enforcing the embargo, as witness a frantic e-mail I received from subscriber William Isch who was flying out of Frankfurt, Germany and told he could not take a firearm to Zimbabwe....
