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Dead officer from Pretoria military base had submitted evidence of Cuban mechanics repairing civilian vehicles at state expense - including one belonging to retired SANDF chief.
The DA is calling on the Minister of Defence, Thandi Modise, and the Secretary for Defence, Gladys Kudjoe, to lay criminal charges against all officials implicated in the malfeasance regarding Operation Thusano by Friday, 27 May 2022. Should the Minister fail to act by then, we will lay the criminal charges ourselves. Operation Thusano is an agreement with Cuba that has seen payments to the tune of total of R1.4 billion made to the Caribbean nation by the Department of Defence. The ANC government has also seen fit to donate R50 million in food to Cuba, while doing nothing to address South Afri...
Cuba accounts for virtually no trade with SA, yet this country has lavished billions on the Caribbean island state. Is the ANC’s loyalty to historical friends compromising its financial responsibility to its own citizens?
The Department of Defence has spent more than R1.3 billion on two contracts with Cuba to repair anything from vehicles and aircraft to other defence equipment.
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.