LOOK: Did you see trucks transporting covered armor tanks in Gauteng?

Did you see trucks transporting covered armor tanks in Gauteng? Well, some of our readers saw these suspicious trucks in Vereeniging last week.

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Riette Lindeque took these photos at around 15:30 last Monday on Houtkop Drive in Vereeniging.

Three trucks, each carrying what seemed like two armour tanks, were spotted.

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The South African contacted the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) but has yet to get answers.

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This comes shortly after President Cyril Ramaphosa and his government were accused of being actively involved in the Russian Federation’s war on Ukraine.

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War materials and ammunition were allegedly loaded onto sanctioned Russian ship, Lady R, which departed South Africa’s naval base in Simon’s Town in December 2022.

A three-person panel, headed by a former Supreme Court judge, has six weeks to investigate the circumstances of the Lady R’s docking at Naval Base (NB) Simon’s Town, SA Navy (SAN) fleet headquarters.

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THE SANDF COULD NOT BE REACHED YET FOR COMMENT

The panel was named at the weekend by Presidency spokesman Vincent Magwenya in a statement on behalf of the South African President and Commander-in-Chief of the country’s national defence force, Cyril Ramaphosa.

Retired judge Phineas Mojapelo chairs the panel with Advocate Leah Gcabashe SC and former deputy minister of basic education Enver Surty as its other members.

THIS SUSPICIOUS CARGO COMES SHORTLY AFTER THE UPROAR OF THE RUSSIAN SHIP LADY R

Ramaphosa’s arms deal panel accused of lacking military expert.

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Through the inquiry, according to Magwenya’s statement, the government will “seek to establish the circumstances that led to the docking of the ship and the alleged loading of cargo, and the departure of the Lady R cargo ship from Simonstown, during the period from 6 to 9 December 2022”.

“The President,” it continues, “decided to establish the enquiry because of the seriousness of the allegations, the extent of public interest, and the impact of this matter on South Africa’s international relations”.

ARMS DEAL PANEL, WITHOUT A MILITARY EXPERT, IS INVESTIGATING LADY R

Meanwhile, the SANDF Chief General Rudzani Maphwanya said he was prepared to put his head on the block and that nothing was loaded onto the Russian vessel Lady R.

Maphwanya said all will be revealed during the Commission of Inquiry set by President Cyril Ramaphosa.

“We will assist the commission in understanding exactly what happened and what we were receiving was meant for as well as what it is that is not true. First thing that is not true is that we loaded anything. Our systems do not [talk] actually to the systems that Russians use. Secondly, we do not have the capacity to supply weapons to the Russians,”

said Maphwanya.

UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT WARNED RAMAPHOSA LAST MONTH

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned Ramaphosa last month that any country supplying weapons to Russia would be an accomplice and would face consequences.

Zelensky’s warning came in a phone call with Ramaphosa, which Ramaphosa himself initiated on Saturday. The day before, Ramaphosa had called Russian President Vladimir Putin.