Project Thusano

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Project Thusano was initially intended to focus on the maintenance and repair of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) operational vehicle fleet but has morphed to include expensive supplementary agreements such as training soldiers as medical practitioners and mechanical engineers in Cuba. Photo: Rajesh Jantilal/AFP/Getty Images

AUDITOR GENERAL

Department of defence still reviewing SA-Cuba agreements

It has been 19 months since then defence minister Thandi Modise said the bilateral agreement and its controversial sub-contracts were being assessed

Des Erasmus

Unhygienic: Air force students in Cuba have shared screenshots of the starch-heavy and unpalatable food they are served and the cockroaches that infest their food and living space

The situation in Cuba: ‘Prisoners in South Africa live in better conditions’

South African student pilots training in Cuba complain of slave-like conditions

Erika Gibson