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14 November 2013
QUESTION 2990
1. Mr D J Maynier (DA) to ask the Minister of Justice and Constitutional
Development:
(1) Since 20 May 1998 (a) which (i) persons and/or (ii) companies
have been given authorisation to render foreign military
assistance in terms of the Regulation of Foreign Military
Assistance Act, Act 15 of 1998, (b) to which country was each
approved application to give foreign military assistance made
and (c) when (i) was each application approved and (ii) does
each authorisation expire;
(2) since 20 May 1998 (a) which (i) persons and/or (ii) companies
have been refused authorisation to render foreign military
assistance in terms of the said Act, (b) what are the reasons
for each refusal, (c) to which country was each application to
give foreign military assistance made and (d) when was each
application denied?
NW 3540E
REPLY
In the period under review, the NCACC considered and decided on a number
of applications under the Regulation of Foreign Military Assistance Act
(Act 15 of 1998). The decisions of the NCACC in this regard are contained
on the table attached below. It needs to be understood though that in the
consideration of these applications the NCACC sometimes calls for the
submission of additional information which is not always positively met.
In such an event, the NCACC therefore does not make a final decision.
REGULATION OF FOREIGN MILITARY ASSISTANCE AUTHORISATIONS
|ITEM |COMPANY |NATURE OF ASSISSTANCE |COUNTRY |NCACC |DECISION |
| | | | |SUBMISSION | |
|2 |Three Spears |Supply of sleeping bags, |Namibian |February 1999 |Approved |
| |Africa (Pty)Ltd |rucksacks, combat jackets, |Defence | | |
| | |webbing |Force | | |
|3 |Gerotek Armour |Supply of bullet-proof |India |July 1999 |Approved |
| |Development |jackets | | | |
|4 |Three Spears |Supply of combat jackets, |Namibian |September 1999 |Approved |
| |Africa (Pty) Ltd|rucksacks, sleeping bags, |Defence | | |
| | |woolen jerseys |Force | | |
|5 |Vickers OMC |Supply of five (5) RG-32 |Namibian |April 2000 |Approved |
| | |vehicles (Non-regulated |Police Force| | |
| | |vehicles) | | | |
|6 |Denel |Non-regulated Vehicle Spares |Uganda |April 2000 |Approved |
| | | |Defence | | |
| | | |Force | | |
|7 |Kramer Group of |Provision of foodstuffs, |Uganda, |April 2000 |Denied |
| |Companies |clothing & medical items |Rwanda, | | |
| | | |Congo, | | |
| | | |Central | | |
| | | |African | | |
| | | |Region, East| | |
| | | |& West | | |
| | | |African | | |
| | | |countries | | |
|8 |Denel |Supply of Mercedes Benz |Uganda |April 2001 |Denied |
| | |spares (commercial) for |Defence | | |
| | |maintenance on APC vehicles |Force | | |
|9 |Denel |Supply commercial spares for |Uganda |September 2001 |Denied |
| | |AOC vehicles |Defence | | |
| | | |Force | | |
|10 |Denel |Supply Webbing Equipment |Burundi |September 2001 |Denied |
| | | |Defence | | |
| | | |Force | | |
|11 |Vickers OMC |Supply of RG-32 vehicles |Iran/Sri |January 2002 |Denied |
| | | |Lanka | | |
|12 |Three Spears |Supply of rug sacks |Namibian |January 2002 |Approved |
| | | |Airforce | | |
|13 |IVEMA |Supply of vehicle spares |Luwero |July 2002 |Approved |
| | | |Industries/ | | |
| | | |Uganda | | |
|14 |Mitsui & Co. |Supply Angolan Army with an |Angola |September 2002 |Approved |
| | |Identification & Card System.| | | |
|15 |Alvis OMC |Supply RG-12 spare parts |Republic of |March 2003 |Denied |
| | | |Congo | | |
|16 |RRS |Provide technical support for|Uganda |March 2003 |Approved |
| | |the supply and installation | | | |
| | |of a commercial Air Traffic | | | |
| | |Control Radar | | | |
|17 |IVEMA |Provide spares for Mamba & |Uganda |October 2003 |Approved |
| | |Buffel vehicles | | | |
|18 |Meteoric |Provide close protection to |Iraq |January 2004 |Denied |
| |Tactical | | | | |
| |Solutions | | | | |
|19 |Maxshell 53 |Provide the Olive Group (UK |Iraq |February 2004 |Denied |
| |Investment(Pty) |Company) with team for armed | | | |
| |Ltd |close protection | | | |
|20 |MH Aviation |Request to render recruitment|Afghanistan |September 2005 |Denied |
| |Recruitment |services in Afghanistan under| | | |
| | |the RFMA Act. | | | |
|21 |CASA |Request to supply New |Sudan |September 2005 |Denied |
| | |Sudanese Police Force & | | | |
| | |Forestry with training | | | |
| | |uniform & necessary | | | |
| | |equipment. | | | |
|22 |Group 6 |Request to render security |Central |July 2006 |Approved |
| | |services under the RFMA Act. |African | | |
| | | |Republic | | |
| | | |(CAR) | | |
|20 |Denel: |Provide technical training |Sudan |February 2008 |Approved |
|21 |International |Request for authorisation to |Afghanistan |April 2010 |Denied |
| |SOS Assistance |provide administrative and | | | |
| | |medical assistance to Fluor | | | |
| | |Corporation | | | |
|22 |Starlite |Request to assist the Afghan |Afghanistan |November 2010 |Denied |
| |Aviation Group |nationals with the | | | |
| | |development and | | | |
| | |reconstruction of | | | |
| | |Afghanistan. | | | |
|23 |Mr S. Strauss | Six members to provide |Malawi |April 2013 |Denied |
| | |military training | | | |
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