DA demands minister Motshekga convene a Defence Industry Lekgotla [SOUND]

# The DA says Defence minister Angie Motshekga’s continued failure to deliver on a long-promised South African Defence Industry Lekgotla is concerning, given that the country’s defence industry is in steep decline. The defence industry has seen revenue fall from 19.5-billion-rand in 2016 to 12.5-billion-rand in 2020. The DA’s, Chris Hattingh, says this Lekgotla, first proposed under former minister Thandi Modise, was meant to provide a path forward for the struggling sector: