From weapon smuggling claims to ‘anarchist’: inside Steenhuisen and Mbalula's Lady R war of words: John Steenhuisen told an American broadcaster that for the past year and a half, the DA has suspected the South African government has been supplying…
John Steenhuisen, leader of the Democratic Alliance, in the spotlight weeks after his comments in interview with CNN about Russian ship.For the past year and a half, the DA has suspected the South African government has been supplying weapons to Russia for its war with Ukraine.
Steenhuisen was commenting on US ambassador Reuben Brigety's controversial claim that Russian ship Lady R, which had stopped in Simon’s Town late last year, had left the country loaded with weapons.
At the weekend, ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula called Steenhuisen an “anarchist” due to his comments, adding there was no evidence of weapons being loaded on the Russian ship.“The DA is power hungry, to the point of not caring about our country and its economic relations with other countries.
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