Defence Minister Mosiuoa Lekota on Monday confirmed "some intelligence" information had passed between South Africa and Zimbabwe before the 70 South African alleged mercenaries left South Africa.
The men were arrested after their plane landed in Zimbabwe about a month ago.
They are suspected of being on their way to participate in a coup in Equatorial Guinea, where eight other South Africans are being held as suspected co-plotters.
Briefing the media at parliament, Lekota rejected suggestions they should have been arrested in South Africa before being allowed to leave for Zimbabwe, saying arrests could not be made on the basis of intelligence.
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