Jacob Zuma wants an aircraft carrier, and it will be partly up to convicted fraudster Tony Yengeni to decide who will get the contract to supply a warship potentially costing even more than the four frigates bought as part of the controversial 1999 R60 billion arms deal.
The Citizen can reveal that the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) has formally registered a project to acquire a warship capable of operating more than a dozen helicopters, and possibly also vertical take-off jets.
Codenamed: “Project Millennium” the acquisition is technically temporarily on ice, however navy insiders have said several ships are being closely looked at, including the French- built “Mistrale” warships as well as smaller vessels from Holland and Germany.
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