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Armscor's new APC project comes under fire from defence industry

South Africa's arms procurement agency Armscor issued a request for information this month to equip its armed forces SANDF with new light armoured vehicles. Several companies have responded despite doubts over the body's capacity to carry out the project. [...]

Published on 30.01.2023 at 05:00 GMT

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South African defence minister Thandi Modise and her counterpart in charge of public enterprises Pravin Gordhan.

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