Tag: Simphiwe Hamilton
SanDock Austral taking aim at local and international defence markets
Some four months ago South Africa learnt it had a new arrival in the defence industry when SanDock Austral – a proudly black owned...
Hamilton departs as AMD executive director
Simphiwe Hamilton, Executive Director of the South African Aerospace, Maritime and Defence Industries Association (AMD) has stepped down after 13 years at the helm...
Opinion: SA’s deliberate and predictable underfunding of defence function is a...
I did not listen to the country’s budget vote this year and have not done so over the last few years. Not because I...
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...
Border protection impeded by lack of funding – AMD
The extent to which the SA National Defence Force's (SANDF's) ability to properly execute tasks assigned it is regularly impeded by the...
Defence Industry Fund set to bring fundamental change, drive transformation within...
The launch of the Defence Industry Fund (DIF), held on 5 July 2018 at the CSIR ICC in Pretoria, provided credence to the defence...
Defence Industry Fund set to bring fundamental change, drive transformation within...
The launch of the Defence Industry Fund was held on 5 July at the CSIR ICC, in Pretoria.The launch of the Defence Industry Fund...
Defence Industry Fund set to fast-track transformation in defence industry
Armscor and AMD will be catalysts to help establish the fund, which will be owned and operated by a Financial Sector Conduct Authority-compliant company.Parliament...
Defence Industry Fund set to fast-track transformation in defence industry
Parliament approved the Defence Review in June 2015. The Defence Review, as a national policy on defence, provides a long-term strategic view on the...
National Defence Industry Council on the way
The relationship between the South African defence industry, the Department of Defence (DoD) and the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) will be...
50 years of SAAF Reserves
The Reserve component of the SA Air Force (SAAF) last year marked its 50th anniversary and Colonel Siphiwe Hamilton, Air Force Reserve...
