Question NW1165 to the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans
12 July 2023 - NW1165
Mafanya, Mr WTI to ask the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans
Whether she will receive military assistance from Russia to modernise the Republic’s capital military hardware; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details
Reply:
The modernisation of the SANDF prime mission equipment is a process that is within the planned and budgeted for capital acquisition programmes. Whilst there are considerations for the modernisation of the SANDF, there has been no approaches to Russia for such.
There is however in existence bilateral defence relations within the context of the signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Defence Cooperation, within which the two countries’ defence establishments meet and have exchanges at various levels, including bilateral visits. All these are governed by the Defence Committee (DefCom), which is stipulated in the MoU referred to.