Tag: NCACC
SA defence industry well-being a DoD responsibility – Motshekga
Defence and Military Veterans Minister Angie Motshekga used a Parliamentary question to assure a National Assembly (NA) African National Congress (ANC) whip the South...
Procure to export: A new mindset for South Africa’s defence industry
The South African government wants to drive growth and job creation. The local defence industry has existing capabilities that can be exploited to assist....
Unannounced MP oversight visits in the spotlight
A recent report has it Parliament, in the form of National Assembly (NA) Speaker Thoko Didiza, wants guidelines set for Members of Parliament (MPs)...
JSCD confronts NCACC over export transparency and accountability
The Joint Standing Committee on Defence convened on 4 April 2025 for a critical oversight session with the National Conventional Arms Control Committee (NCACC),...
Public representatives allegedly denied access to arms control directorate
Two Democratic Alliance (DA) Members of Parliament (MPs) maintain Minister in the Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, prevented them from performing oversight at the Directorate Conventional...
Mapping South Africa’s arms exports: trends, key markets, and regional demand
South Africa’s long struggling defence industry has, in recent years, experienced somewhat of a revival. The National Conventional Arms Control Committee’s (NCACC’s) annual reports...
Stuck record: The South African defence industry can be a South...
2024 has come and gone. There are good and bad elements that have been reported related to the South African defence industry.
Good/positive highlights of...
Minister in Ramaphosa’s Presidency to head conventional arms control committee
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s go-to Cabinet Minister on State-owned enterprises (SOEs), including Denel, is the presidential choice to head up the National Conventional...
NCACC decision to put Polish artillery ammunition order on hold saw...
The South African National Conventional Arms Control Committee’s decision to indefinitely put on hold the approval of an export permit to Poland has resulted...
High Court orders South Africa to suspend arms exports to Myanmar
The Gauteng Division of the High Court in Pretoria has set aside permits that were granted by the National Conventional Arms Control Committee (NCACC)...
South Africa’s arms exports nearly doubled in 2023
The National Conventional Arms Control Committee’s (NCACC’s) 2023 annual report shows a massive rise in South African defence exports, which totalled R7.1 billion for...
Rise in SA defence exports ‘miraculous’ – AMD
South African defence exports for 2023 are set to greatly exceed those of the previous year – something the Aerospace, Maritime and Defence Industries...
Nearly R1 billion worth of defence exports in third quarter of...
The South African defence industry exported R900 million worth of military equipment, including dual-use items, in the third quarter of 2023, up slightly from...
No South African arms exports to Israel – NCACC
The National Conventional Arms Control Committee (NCACC) has, in the wake of the Gaza conflict, reiterated that South Africa does not supply weaponry to...
Eight years on, still no new NCACC IT system
For the past eight years, South Africa’s National Conventional Arms Control Committee (NCACC) has been attempting to switch from a paper-based to a digital...
SA arms exports to Poland on hold, not denied – NCACC
South Africa’s National Conventional Arms Control Committee (NCACC) has not blocked arms exports to Poland, but placed them on hold – however, it is...
SA arms exports up in first half of 2023
If current trends continue, South Africa is set to export far more military hardware and munitions this year than last, as exports in the...
Ammunition and electronic systems dominate SA’s 2022 defence exports
Ammunition and electronic systems accounted for the majority of South African defence exports last year, according to the latest National Conventional Arms Control Committee...
SA defence exports up in 2022
2022 was a better year for the South African defence industry compared to 2021, with R1 billion more in products being exported to countries...
Fool’s Errand: Input on the South African conventional arms control system
This opinion piece may be a fool’s errand, because it focuses on the small group which wants to see a viable South African defence...
Billions of rands worth of SA defence exports on hold
Defence exports worth R2.85 billion are currently on hold to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, and Poland, the National Conventional Arms Control...
Treasury funding not the only mountain SA defence industry has to...
It is common knowledge the South African defence industry is, to use a nautical term, in the doldrums, with a lack of government funding...
SA arms and ammunition worth R1.4 billion plus exported in first...
A Parliamentary oversight committee heard the South African defence industry (SADI) exported military hardware and munitions to 70 plus countries with a monetary value...
NCACC chair must not have “line function interest” in arms trade
Ten Cabinet ministers and deputies make up the National Conventional Arms Control Committee (NCACC), Government’s regulatory body for the sale and import of arms,...
SA exported R3.3 billion worth of military hardware in 2021
The South African defence industry exported R3.3 billion worth of weapons, ammunition and military equipment to 67 countries around the world last year, according...
Defence industry lekgotla will address challenges
A defence industry lekgotla next month will bring together the Department of Defence, industry representatives, policy-makers and academics to try and address some of...
R5 billion in defence exports to the Middle East are unlocked
The National Conventional Arms Control Committee (NCACC) has approved multiple defence transactions with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), unlocking billions of...
Unions want Presidential action on NCACC
Organised labour in the form of six trade unions is appealing for presidential intervention to shake the National Conventional Arms Control Committee (NCACC) out...
Call for “senior government authorities” to help with defence exports
A R3.5 billion backlog of South African defence industry exports to particularly the Gulf region should receive attention from “senior government authorities” in the...
Industry working to address NCACC challenges
The South African defence industry is working to address challenges in exporting defence equipment with the National Conventional Arms Control Committee (NCACC), including R3.7...
Backlog of NCACC approvals for two Gulf States
The South African defence industry is deeply dependent on exports to the Gulf Region but exports to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates...
Time the NCACC is treated as the “crucial entity” it should...
The National Conventional Arms Control Committee (NCACC) is seen by at least one respected military analyst and observer as “a crucial entity whose decisions...
SA defence industry exported to 100 plus countries in 2020
The 2020 annual report of Government’s National Conventional Arms Control Committee (NCACC) – the latest available – shows 628 contracts valued at R3 111...
NCACC challenged by poor reporting, outdated IT systems
Parliament’s Joint Standing Committee on Defence (JSCD) has raised a number of concerns over the National Conventional Arms Control Committee (NCACC), including outdated IT...
AMD mourns the passing of Minister Jackson Mthembu
The South African Aerospace Maritime Defence Industry Association (AMD) has said the passing of Minister Jackson Mthembu is a great loss not only to...
Opinion: Arms exports framework needs urgent reform to support local industry
The trade of armaments is a heavily regulated matter both at national and multi-lateral levels. This is understandable given the risks associated with potential...
NCACC to investigate SA defence equipment in Libya
Parliament’s Joint Standing Committee on Defence (JSDC) has asked questions about military hardware exported to Turkey “that might” have found its way to strife-torn...
SA authorised R500 million in arms exports for first quarter of...
The SA National Conventional Arms Control Committee (NCACC) approved 137 export permits valued at over R500 million in the first quarter of 2020 and...
South Africa amends arms export document after inspection row
South Africa has made a subtle change to arms export rules that could unlock more than a billion dollars of weapons sales to countries...
RDM feeling pressure from NCACC decision on export permits
Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM) along with the entire the South African defence industry is feeling the pressure from the National Conventional Arms Control Committee...
Defence industry job losses will continue if South Africa cannot export
The South African defence industry will continue to lose jobs as well as revenue, fiscal contributions and technological prowess if it is not able...
South Africa seeks to unlock stalled arms sales to Saudi, UAE
South Africa aims to free up R15 billion in stalled weapons sales, including to Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates, by amending a document...
NCACC regulations ‘could destroy the industry’
The halt of export approvals to South Africa’s biggest military clients Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) could destroy the South African...
South Africa blocks arms sales to Saudi and UAE in inspection...
South Africa is blocking arms sales to countries including Saudi Arabia and the UAE in an inspections dispute, endangering billions of Rands worth of...
SA’s defence industry exports top R4 billion in 2018
South Africa’s National Conventional Arms Control Committee (NCACC), in its annual report for the 2018 calendar year, records the local defence industry as exporting...
Bloodhound car needs to get through South African customs before breaking...
The Bloodhound supersonic car will be arriving in South Africa in October this year where it will be driven by Andy Green in the...
NCACC awaiting new chairperson
The National Conventional Arms Control Committee (NCACC), tasked with controlling South Africa’s trade in conventional arms, has at the moment ceased to exist as...
