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DA calls for urgent investigation into Armscor’s R500 million troop carrier tender

DA calls for urgent investigation into Armscor’s R500 million troop carrier tender

The Democratic Alliance will call for a full investigation into Armscor’s handling of the R500 million Personnel Carrier tender, demand access to all evaluation and testing records, and press for procurement reform to ensure transparent, technically sound, and accountable defence acquisitions going forward. South Africans have reason to be alarmed: Armscor’s R500 million tender for new troop carriers appears plagued by the same lack of accountability and transparency that doomed past defence projects.
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Amid delay to private grid tender, Ramokgopa indicates willingness to pay ‘premium’ to unlock industrialisation

Amid delay to private grid tender, Ramokgopa indicates willingness to pay ‘premium’ to unlock industrialisation

Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Rampkgopa has indicated that South Africa should be willing to pay a premium to ensure that the multi-billion-rand expansion of the electricity grid is used to leverage industrialisation and transformation. “We must be very decisive. We are prepared to pay the price and the premium for growing the South African economy … I know industry is ready,” Ramokgopa said, during an engagement with manufacturing and construction stakeholders in Sandton on October 31.
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