Riyaz Patel
The Democratic Alliance (DA) will use the Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA) to request access to preliminary investigation report documents relating to what is called the “unlawful Gupta-linked deal” which Denel entered into with Chad.
Weekend reports indicated that state-arms firm Denel failed to supply R250mn worth of army vehicles to the Chad government, despite been paid a R100mn down payment almost two years ago.
Chad bought 40 military Casspirs from Denel in 2017, but the company could not deliver the vehicles while officials squabbled over the ownership of the lucrative intellectual property (IP) rights – which had been given to the Gupta family for free – to build the vehicles, City Press reports.
Chad has since cancelled the contract and demanded its deposit back from the state-owned cash-strapped arms entity, damaging relations between N’Djamena and Pretoria.
The DA said it’s in the best interest of
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