Ramaphosa issued the instruction following a warning from the US that Iran’s participation could harm South Africa’s international standing. He has since remained in the public eye both in his role as Unisa’s chancellor and as South Africa’s first tax ombudsman. In 1993, he was appointed as one of eight legal experts tasked with drafting South Africa’s interim constitution. DuzeRear Admiral Duze is a distinguished former officer in the South African Navy with a career defined by leadership in naval maintenance and high-level strategic oversight. The board will be probing why a directive from Ramaphosa for Iran to withdraw from the navy drill was ignored, misrepresented or not carried out.