Ramaphosa has made no secret of his support, against international law, for Putin. The suspicion here is that it really is more than a salami in his pocket and he really is glad to be in Eastern Europe with his unknown cargo. Who knows, maybe he really does need that many gats for his PSD?
South African President's bodyguards bring 12 containers of weapons to Poland (yahoo.com) (https://news.yahoo.com/south-african-presidents-bodyguards-bring-082801844.html)
(https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/Kt56WjJ7AZTA_UhXckszlQ--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTcwNTtoPTM5NTtjZj13ZWJw/https://media.zenfs.com/en/ukrayinska_pravda_articles_451/e67e59f9cd0d6bcafcc071a588e1fb96)