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US Ambassador to South Africa Rueben Brigety claimed in May that South Africa supplied Russia with arms in December through the Lady R cargo vessel, which a panel investigation report has since debunked.
The DA on Friday morning submitted a Promotion of Access to Information 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.
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.
The presidency conceded a vessel named Lady R did dock at Simon's Town navy base camp in Cape Town last December, but that there was no evidence it left with weapons - yet.