A memorandum of understanding between RSA and Malaysia

Updated: 30 Sep 2019

The Defence ministers of South Africa and Malaysia, Joe Modise and D S H Alban respectively, signed a memorandum of understanding on military co-operation in Pretoria between the two countries. The memorandum paved the way for the purchase of South African Rooivalk attack helicopters by the Malaysian government.

How we know this

01Kalley, J. A. et al (1999). Southern African Political History: A Chronology of Key Political Events from Independence to Mid-1997, Greenwood: London, p. 552.

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). A memorandum of understanding between RSA and Malaysia. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013298

South African History Online (2011) 'A memorandum of understanding between RSA and Malaysia', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013298 (Accessed: 22 October 2026).

South African History Online, A memorandum of understanding between RSA and Malaysia [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013298, (accessed 22 October 2026).

"A memorandum of understanding between RSA and Malaysia." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013298. Accessed 22 Oct. 2026.

South African History Online. "A memorandum of understanding between RSA and Malaysia." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013298.