1.0
29 June 2026
Declining workforce and expertise reflect company's troubled future
Former employee, more than 10 years
Johannesburg
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook
Pros
Work with excellent defence equipment. SA had some of the best in the world, 30 years ago. I reported briefly to one of the people who was involved in making the 6 nuclear bombs SA had. The US CIA was never quite sure, and didn't know where the bombs were manufactured and hidden. All this was done on a thin budget, with bits of knowledge acquired from across the world and further developed here in South Africa.
Cons
It is no surprise that Denel, decades ago a technical behemoth, now have only 96 engineers and scientists in a workforce of 1,600 employees. Detailed reports are secret, but Denel had "thousands" in the 1990s, in a workforce of 15,000.
