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Arms committee fails to explain SA’s weapon sales to Saudi Arabia and UAE | SA News

In the 30 years since the National Conventional Arms Control Committee was established, export permits have routinely been granted for the sale of armaments by South Africa to countries alleged to have committed war crimes and other human rights violations, says Open Secrets. Photo of an AK-47, Wikimedia Commons, Creative Commons, cc-by-2.0.

  • The National Conventional Arms Control Committee (NCACC) is failing to fulfil its regulatory role.
  • It remains plagued by weak governance and a lack of transparency.
  • The NCACC persistently fails to comply with court directives to produce a record of its decisions about the sale of arms involved in the Yemen conflict.

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