Black Hawk helicopters ready to combat wildfires
The forestry department on Wednesday announced that the newly leased helicopters of the Republic are now fully operational and ready to be used to combat wildfires.
The two Black Hawk ...
Agriculture ministry will not extend current firefighting chopper lease
The Agriculture Ministry on Monday decided against extending a current contract leasing firefighting helicopters, instructing the relevant department to launch a new tenders process for the 2024-2025 period.
The decision ...
Auditor-general: Firefighting choppers subpar, perhaps not even airworthy
Firefighting helicopters at the disposal of authorities are substandard and may even not be airworthy, legislators heard on Thursday.
The matter of the choppers was discussed in parliament, where auditor-general ...
Greens outraged at overpayment on firefighting helicopters
The Greens party expressed their outrage on Thursday over the findings of the auditor general’s report which stated that the forestry department grossly overpaid for firefighting helicopters.
The party ...
Audit office says forestry dept broke law over helicopter tenders
The forestry department has broken the law in the way in which it acquired firefighting helicopters, the auditor general said in his report on Wednesday.
The service called on the ...
Our View: We need firefighting aircraft not military helicopters
Defence has always been something of sacred cow. Everyone has the patriotic duty to support our military and applaud government expenditure on defence equipment, whatever it is and regardless of ...