Last year a SA delegation met Gaddafi with a simple purpose: to sell massive quantities of the most lethal weaponry.
While Africa has the right to be sceptical about the West’s intentions, it also has a duty to protect Libyan citizens.
Disagreement over arming the rebels battling Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi emerged on Wednesday with three countries opposing the idea.
Western warplanes bombed Muammar Gaddafi’s armour in eastern Libya on Friday to try to break a battlefield stalemate and help rebels take Ajdabiyah.
An Anglo-American attempt to hand over the Libyan operation to Nato was rejected by several key member countries.
The Libyan rebels watched in awe, some with a creeping admiration for their foe, as the narrow plumes of thick black smoke rose one after the other.
The Public Protector agreed to a request by the DA to investigate allegations that SA sold sniper rifles and ammunition to Libya in late 2010.
Western powers launched a second wave of air strikes on Libya early on Monday.