Turkey's involvement in the Libya conflict has heightened fears that arms recently collected from South Africa could be used in war.
South Africa's National Conventional Arms Control Committee (NCACC) has since appeared before parliament’s Joint Standing Committee on Defence regarding the possibility of military hardware purchased by Turkey ending up in Libya.
Under Section 15 of the National Conventional Arms Control Act, South Africa may not sell military equipment and weapons to a country involved in war.
According to parliament, Mr Mthembu, who is also South Africa’s Minister in the Presidency, insisted that “the sale and use of military weapons are guided by international protocol, and also by South African regulations that military hardware is not to be sold to countries involved in conflicts.”
This comes as South Africa recently amended its arms export rules that could see an increase in the sale of military equipment abroad, potentially netting the country more than a billion dollars.
