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Questions About South Africa’s Arms Scandal Should Go Beyond ‘Malign Influence’

by Cobus van Staden
Alexander Zemlianichenko / POOL / AFP

So…since we last spoke, there’ve been some developments…

A quick recap: Reuben Brigety, the U.S. ambassador to South Africa, held a press conference Thursday where he alleged that SA supplied arms and ammunition to a Russian cargo ship that docked in Cape Town in December.

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