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DIS, Dignia Systems smoke peace pipe

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Magosi

The Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS) and an Israeli company, Dignia Systems are reportedly in talks to settle their legal dispute pertaining to a military equipment and training contract.

Dignia Systems, a global company well known for the supply of security equipment and defence solutions, has been in a legal battle with the DIS demanding an amount of about P118 million and acceptance of the remainder of the orders under the contract entered into during Isaac Kgosi’s reign.

The contract that DIS entered into that totalled about P247m was allegedly not fulfilled after it came to light that the Systems company was allegedly the centre of the P250 million National Petroleum Fund (NPF) money laundering scandal.

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