A Paris-based journal has said Denel intends to sell Saudi Arabia drone aircraft capable of firing missiles.
SAA, Alexkor and Denel have been singled out in a Budget Review document for poor performance.
A total of 523 Denel workers are to be laid off, a claim the company denies, trade union Solidarity has stated.
The public enterprises department says Denel will use a R700-million injection it received this year to ramp up its aerostructures business.
The South African army’s new ground-based air defences are ready to be taken to "operational readiness", says the system’s developer, Denel.
South African sniffer dogs were being used in West Africa to combat the smuggling of rhino horns and elephant tusks.
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/ 24 February 2012
Government has tightened the purse strings and its tough stance on bailouts for parastatals seems to be bearing fruit.
Malusi Gigaba says Transnet is soon due to announce its new expansion plans to ease the load on the country’s overcrowded rail networks.
One of 12 former South African Air Force fighter aircraft, sold to Ecuador has been quarantined following an unspecified "in-flight" incident.
Appointment of board chair with ties to defence industry does not concern department.
The Public Enterprises Ministry has blamed the media for government’s failure to consult leaders of state-owned enterprises before dismissing them.
The South African Chamber of Mines has expressed surprise at the government’s decision to appoint Zola Tsotsi as new chairperson of Eskom.
The government has denied that this week’s purge of the boards of Eskom and Denel reflects a lack of confidence in their ability.
Arms manufacturer Denel on Friday denied it, or its subsidiaries, had sold armaments to Libya.
Last year a SA delegation met Gaddafi with a simple purpose: to sell massive quantities of the most lethal weaponry.
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/ 29 September 2010
SA’s defence industry, a former world leader side-swiped by apartheid’s fall, is aiming for recovery with an eye on the crucial export market.
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/ 23 December 2009
The Mail & Guardian is synonymous with the exposé — it’s part of our brand, our professional lifeblood.
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/ 6 November 2009
It was one of my first big stories for the M&G: the government was planning to buy military planes for R8-billion, writes Nic Dawes.
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/ 9 September 2008
Defence equipment manufacturer Denel has released significantly improved financial results for the year ended on March 31 2008.
Arms manufacturer Denel still needs R1,7-billion promised by the government to complete its turnaround, outgoing CEO Shaun Liebenberg said on Wednesday. ”When Denel reached technical insolvency in June 2005, the shareholder faced three options: to close Denel; to retain it on a subsidy basis; or to turn it into a commercially viable business,” Liebenberg said.
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/ 26 September 2007
Alec Erwin, the Minister of Public Enterprises, on Wednesday defended the performance bonus of the chief executive of the state-owned arms manufacturer Denel. Manie van Dyk of the Democratic Alliance asked in a parliamentary question on what basis Shaun Liebenberg received a R3,25-million bonus as part of his total package.