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Written by Guy Martin -
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Project Hoefyster, for the supply of 243 Badger infantry fighting vehicles for the South African Army, is nine years behind schedule with little hope that the project will be turned around due to major challenges at Denel.
This is according to an Armscor presentation to the Joint Standing Committee on Defence (JSCD) on 11 March. Sipho Mkwanazi, Armscor acting group executive for supply chain management, told the committee that the first 88 vehicles were supposed to be completed by Denel Land Systems by May 2019, with service entry by 2022, but the project has been delayed by nine years (under original 2007 projections).