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President Cyril Ramaphosa's national security advisor Sydney Mufamadi says US intelligence agencies plan to supply South Africa with evidence to substantiate allegations that the country may have sold weapons to Russia.
Is there trouble brewing between the USA and South Africa? The US ambassador to the southern African nation accused it of having provided weapons last December to Russia. The South African presidency said an investigation was ongoing, regretting the US's "counter-productive public posture."
The US ambassador to South Africa claimed that a Russian cargo ship left the Simon's Town navy base camp in Cape Town last December with arms on board in a bid to assist Russia in its invasion of Ukraine.
Business Unity South Africa says President Cyril Ramaphosa should provide urgent clarity and certainty on allegations that arms may have been supplied to Russia, which is at war with Ukraine.
This come after US ambassador to South Africa Reuben Brigety claimed that a Russian cargo ship left the Simon's Town navy base camp in Cape Town last December