Question NW811 to the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans
11 April 2023 - NW811
Cebekhulu, Inkosi RN to ask the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans
Whether negotiations and terms of the contract between her department and the Central Energy Fund to supply the SA National Defence Force with fuel in order to get its aircraft off the ground have been concluded, which were estimated to be finalised by 31 October 2022; if not, why not; if so, what are the details of the agreement?
Reply:
The DOD has a Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) with Central Energy Fund (CEF) which was signed by the Sec Def (Accounting Officer) as the Head of the Department in 2019.
The DOD is in the process of concluding a new Service Level Agreement (SLA) with Petro SA, which is a subsidiary of CEF, for the supply and delivery of fuel.