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US Ambassador Believes South Africa Supplied Weaponry to Russia

SOUTH AFRICA

US Ambassador to South Africa states he believes South Africa supplied weaponry to Russia:

  • The US says it believes ammunition was loaded on a Russian ship that docked in Simon's Town in December.
  • The US ambassador to SA said his government took the matter seriously.
  • US ambassador to South Africa Reuben Brigety said America was convinced that SA, despite the fact that it claims it takes a non-aligned stance on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, had supplied arms to Vladimir Putin’s army.
  • On how accurate the US’s intelligence was that SA supplied ammunition to Russia, Brigety said he would bet his life on it.

  • Full story here: https://www.news24.com/news24/politics/government/...

Notable pullback in the ZAR on the back of that headline, USD/ZAR rallies sharply to touch fresh daily highs of 19.27 and holds the bulk of the rally - move puts the rate at fresh multi-year highs

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