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Parliament.
Parliament âofficiallyâ starts on Thursday this week with the Presidential State of the Nation Address (SONA) but its engine rooms â the oversight committees â are already up and running.
The Joint Standing Committee on Defence (JSCD) has already got to work and has another meeting scheduled for this week on Wednesday.
Additionally, it has compiled a list of six âchallengesâ it will give special attention to while not ignoring other issues affecting the wider South African defence and security landscape.
On projects, committee co-chair Cyril Xaba and his committee members will keep a weather eye on projects Biro (three purpose-built multi-mission inshore patrol vessels), Hoefyster (the long-running and, to all intents and purposes, stalled build of new infantry combat vehicles) and Hotel (a new hydrographic vessel, workboat, support boats and shore infrastructure upgrade). A recommendation is for Arms
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The South African Aerospace, Maritime and Defence Industry Association (AMD) hopes to lead the local defence industry out of the quagmire it finds itself in due to uncertainty amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
AMD Chairperson Sefale Montsi, in a New Year’s message to members, wrote that the South African Defence Industry (SADI) stands at the crossroads – one road leading to assured disruption amidst uncertainty and the other leading to stability and growth.
“The Acting Executive Director, Mr Sandile Ndlovu, is completing engagements with AMD members to identify the priority actions that will ensure the survival of our industry. Within this context, our board will embark on a Strategic Planning Session in early February with the focus of repositioning the South African Defence Industry and crafting a strategy to take the SADI out of its current state. If we are to increase opportunities locally and get support for exports, we must be posi
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Jackson Mthembu.
The South African Aerospace Maritime Defence Industry Association (AMD) has said the passing of Minister Jackson Mthembu is a great loss not only to the South African Defence Industry (SADI) community but to the country as a whole.
Mthembu died of COVID-related complications on 21 January, the Presidency announced. He was 62.
“AMD is deeply saddened to learn about the passing of Minister Jackson Mthembu who was the Minister in the Presidency of South Africa and also served as the Chairperson of the National Conventional Arms Control Committee (NCACC),” the Association said.
“Minister Mthembu will always be remembered for the role he played in the liberation of our country and the sacrifices he made for the freedom that we now all enjoy. With every assignment he was given, in the post-apartheid South Africa, he brought with him enthusiasm, commitment and dedication. This extended to the last positions he held before his