The drug was imported without authorisation from the relevant local authorities, like regulator Sahpra, under the watch of former Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula.
In December, the SA Health Products Regulatory Authority gave SANDF bosses an ultimatum - provide evidence the drugs had been shipped back to Cuba or face having it destroyed.
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has returned all the vials of the so-called Covid-19 miracle drug Heberon which it had procured and subsequently imported illegally. On Wednesday, chief of the SANDF, General Rudzani Maphwanya, told Parliament that all vials of the Cuban-made drug had been returned.