South Africa did not approve any arms shipment to Russia, the minister who chairs the country's National Conventional Arms Control Committee, Mondli Gungubele, told local radio station 702 on Friday.
The United States envoy to South Africa said on Thursday he was confident that a Russian ship had picked up weapons in South Africa last year, in a possible breach of Pretoria's declared neutrality in the Ukraine conflict.
The ambassador's assertion saw the rand and South African government bonds sell-off, as currency traders said they were worried that South Africa could now face Western sanctions.
