As soon as he got up to speak‚ the BLF's spokesperson Lindsay Maasdorp charged towards the Oppenheimers who flanked former Northern Cape Premier Manne Dipico — a director in the company.

If it was not for Dipico‚ who had to physically block Maasdorp before parliament's protection services arrived‚ the younger man would have manhandled Oppenheimer senior.

By this time‚ a number of BLF supporters who had been listening to proceedings joined in the chaos‚ chanting “shutdown Fireblade”.

In videos posted to Twitter, Mngxitama can be heard shouting accusations at the father and son, accusing them of capturing parliament and labelling them a 'criminal family'.

The meeting in parliament follows a visit by the National Assembly's home affairs committee in August to the private terminal at the airport.

“Following the visit‚ the committee raised a few concerns including the lack of a written agreement between the state and Fireblade regulating the operation as well as the impact the operation has on the state coffers as the running of this private terminal does not form part of the annual performance plan of a number of government departments that must operate in the port of entry environment‚” the committee said in a statement on Sunday.