Visiting SA Navy corvette sails to Chintsa with high school pupils

EAST Londoners got to board one of the controversial arms-deal corvettes at the weekend. The 121m long SAS Mendi, the last of the four corvettes to be delivered to South Africa, was visiting the city. The visit called Operation Blue Shield was part of an initiative to make South Africans aware of career opportunities in the South African Navy. The SAS Mendi, delivered to South Africa from Germany earlier this year, was part of the R30billion arms deal that has been mired in accusations of...