StateCaptureInquiry 'I considered the increase excessive and difficult to justify.'
Some of the reasons attributed to the increase was the rand's declining strength against the Japanese yen - which Callard said had nothing to do with procurement from China - and the conflict in Ukraine.
"I considered the increase excessive and difficult to justify ... The decision by group and/or supply-chain services to arbitrarily and unilaterally change technical specifications without technical consultation, while not technically proficient themselves, was irresponsible in the extreme," said Callard.
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