The government is set to appoint an independent inquiry led by a retired judge to probe allegations made by the U.S. ambassador to South Africa that SA supplied weapons to Russia. This comes after the U.S. says it's convinced that South Africa has supplied arms to Russia through a Russian ship that docked at the Simon's Town naval base in Cape Town in December last year. The U.S. ambassador to South Africa, Reuben Brigety says the U.S. government is taking the matter seriously. Brigety was briefing the media yesterday. Let's unpack these developments with a Senior Researcher at the South African Institute of International Affairs, Gustavo de Carvalho.
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