The Democratic Alliance (DA) on Friday morning submitted a Promotion of Access to Information (PAIA) application to the presidency requesting information into how President Cyril Ramaphosa decided to appoint an independent inquiry into whether South Africa gave weapons to Russia. This comes after US ambassador to South Africa Rueben Brigety last week made allegations that South Africa gave weapons and ammunition to Russia, which were loaded onto a ship that docked at Simon’s Town naval base in Cape Town.