University of the Witwatersrand International Relations visiting professor John Stremlau on told Polity on Monday that he doubts that US Ambassador to South Africa Reuben Brigety would allege that the Russian ship Lady R, which docked in Simon's Town in December last year, may have collected ammunition without instructions from Washington. South Africa awaits the appointment of a retired judge to shed light why the ship was in South Africa following allegations by Brigety that the ship may have been in the country to provide Russia with weapons, this as the Ukraine invasion continues.