Defence industries association calls for greater investment in the underfunded SANDF

South African Aerospace, Maritime and Defence Industries Association (AMD) CEO Sandile Ndlovu has issued an open letter to the country’s next (and currently not yet known or appointed) Defence Minister, calling for urgent and significant investment in the country’s defence force. (Following the recent national elections, in which no party gained a majority, the creation of a so-called Government of National Unity – in reality, a broad-based, or “Grand” coalition – is currently being negotiated, ...