Axed Armscor CEO Sipho Thomo is challenging his dismissal, the chairperson of Parliament’s portfolio committee on defence said on Tuesday.

In a new twist to the axing of Armscor boss Sipho Thomo, it is alleged that he dropped a penalty due from a helicopter supplier.

Suspended Armscor CEO Sipho Thomo has been fired, chairperson Popo Molefe confirmed on Wednesday.

The Democratic Alliance on Friday strongly criticised Armscor’s ”big-spending bosses” for wasting R3-million on attending arms shows.

Armscor has suspended its chief executive officer, Sipho Thomo, the chairperson of the board of the arms procurement agency announced on Thursday.

Armscor chief executive Sipho Thomo’s axing follows hard on the heels of the cancelled Airbus deal.

The board of Armscor has asked CEO Sipho Thomo to resign, but a stand-off is looming as he refuses to go.