Karyn Maughan | News 24 | 15 June 2021
Open Secrets and the Southern African Litigation Centre have won a significant first victory in their legal campaign to block arms dealers in South Africa from selling weapons allegedly used against civilians in war-torn Yemen.
The Gauteng High Court in Pretoria on Tuesday afternoon granted an urgent order forcing the National Conventional Arms Control Committee (NCACC) to disclose the names of all permit holders in South Africa that are authorised to export arms to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).