Defence Minister Thandi Modise said there’s no need for a judicial inquiry to tell them what they already know about the docking of Russia’s Lady R vessel.
She reiterated that no arms were loaded onto the vessel in December but did confirm that the South African Defence Force received a consignment from Russia from an old 2018 order.
But some opposition members of Parliament (MPs) raised questions about Modise’s latest response, accusing her of changing her story.
Modise was responding to questions from MPs as part of the peace and security cluster on Wednesday – where she was, once again, grilled about the docking of the Russian vessel.
She said while they received a consignment, they did nothing wrong, and nothing was loaded onto the vessel.
“We did not do anything wrong South Africa. We ordered; we got the consignment.”
Modise added that there was no need for the judicial inquiry appointed by President Cyril Ramaphosa.
“I would agree with honourable [Tseko] Mafanya, we do not need the judicial commission of inquiry to tell us what we know or what we don’t know. But it is important when a matter like this is raised to take everybody on board.”
Modise added that they would be interested to know whether any person using the defence system had done anything illegal.
-EWN
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