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/ 16 November 2001

The arms deal in a nutshell

Paul Kirk Between 1995 and 1996 the Ministry of Defence conducted a strategic defence review a stocktaking of the equipment the South African National Defence Force needs to acquire. The review presented a “force design” that amounted to little more than a wish list because, as the Department of Defence conceded, funding was unavailable. In […]

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/ 11 November 2001

3 CHILDREN KILLED BY MORTAR SHELL IN ANGOLA

THREE children have been killed in southern Angola after playing with an unexploded mortar shell, a police representative told the Portuguese news agency Lusa on Wednesday. The three children were playing in the southern Angolan city of Lubango, the capital city of Huila province, with an 82-millimetre mortar shell they had found on wasteland in […]

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/ 14 October 2001

SAA SHELLS OUT R1-M FOR STOLEN BAGGAGE

SOUTH African Airways has paid out just over R1-million in 1 283 claims for theft from baggage on the airline’s flights worldwide up to the end of September this year, says Public Enterprises Minister Jeff Radebe. Replying to a question by Rudi Heine (DA), he said SAA had paid out R1,832-million in 3 108 claims […]

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/ 28 September 2001

ATTACK AT SHELL TERMINAL CUTS PRODUCTION

ANGLO-Dutch oil group Royal Dutch/Shell has stopped crude oil exports of 27 000 barrels per day following a fire at a terminal. The company shut down its Olomoro flowstation in southern Nigeria on Thursday after militant youths seized the facility, a Shell official said. The official a part of the facility was damaged during the […]