An African National Congress (ANC) Member of Parliament (MP) on Wednesday called for Democratic Alliance's (DA's) David Maynier to be removed from Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Defence over his allegations that South Africa is selling arms to so-called rogue States.
Stella Ndabeni repeatedly demanded to know how Maynier obtained information of arms sales to Libya and Iran, and plans to sell sniper rifles to Syria and ammunition to Zimbabwe.
He refused to reveal his sources and added that much of the information has been corroborated by the Justice Minister Jeff Radebe, who chairs the watchdog National Conventional Arms Control Committee (NCCAC).
Ndabeni retorted that unless he got the information directly from the NCCAC, it must be stolen.
"I insist that how he got the information was illegal and I call for the withdrawal of the honourable member from this committee," she said.
"I call on members to support me so that we can get legal advice."
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