Friday 5 March 2021 - 12:29pm
A SANDF soldier stands in front of a house as he patrols the streets in Alexandra.
AFP/Luca Sola
JOHANNESBURG - Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has appointed a task team to investigate allegations of wrongdoing involving the SANDF.
The case relates to the purchase of the Cuban drug, Heberon Interferon, worth over R200-million.
South African National Defence Force senior generals thought the country was involved in a biological war, which caused them to buy R260-million worth of…
South Africa’s armed force bought illegal Cuban drug believing COVID-19 to be ‘biological warfare’
The South African Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Defence heard this during a presentation by Major-General Mzikayise Tyhalisi of the SANDF.
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JOHANNESBURG: The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) had authorised the purchase of over USD 17-million worth of a Cuban drug after believing that the country was involved in a biological war sparked by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an official.
The South African Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Defence heard this during a presentation by Major-General Mzikayise Tyhalisi of the SANDF.
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