Do we have a new reason for fear as South Africa starts to behave in ever stranger ways?
Last week, A Russian merchant ship belonging to a company sanctioned by the US for carrying Russian weapons turned off its transponder – which shows its location under international law — not far from South Africa, crept under cover into the country’s navy base, unloaded cargo, reloaded new cargo, that is, in a base of the country’s armed services, crept out, turned its transponder back on near Mozambique: and the South African government, so far, says it doesn’t know what was being loaded and unloaded.
