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The Department of Defence has spent more than R1.3 billion on two contracts with Cuba to repair anything from vehicles and aircraft to other defence equipment. | GibsonErika

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The Department of Defence has spent more than R1.3 billion on its two contracts with Cuba, in which the Cuban top boss earns about R100 000 a month. The two contracts, dubbed Operation Thusano, is to repair anything from vehicles and aircraft to other defence equipment; and the DoD also has no plans of cancelling the project which is set to continue until the end of 2024.Subscribe to News24 for just R75 per month to read all our investigative and in-depth journalism. You can cancel any time.

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