The Badger IFV is an 8-wheeled Infantry fighting vehicle under development by Denel Land Systems of South Africa.

[14] In July 2022 Defence and Military Veterans Minister Thandi Modise stated that it was unlikely that any Badgers would be delivered.

[17] However, by August that year Armscor had changed its view, stating that Denel was now capable of delivering the Badgers if the company was provided with a range of assistance.

[16] In March 2023 Denel received a bailout from the South African Government to enable it to restart its production facilities.

It has been alleged that a contract awarded in 2014 to the company VR Laser, which is linked to the Gupta family, to produce hulls for the Badgers was "fraught with irregularities".

[20] In November 2024 the Chief of the South African Army, Lieutenant General Lawrence Mbatha, announced that Project Hoefyster had been "paused".

He did not give a reason for this decision and noted the South African Army continues to need a mechanised capability.

Work was underway at this time to assess options for extending the service life of the Army's Ratel vehicles.

Troops enter and leave the vehicle via rear doors, there are also roof hatches for observation, firing and emergency exit.

[22] The Section variant is armed with a Denel 30 mm dual-feed linkless Cam Gun (EMAK 30) which can engage targets up to 4000 metres when firing a single round at a time.

The Ingwe has a tandem warhead that can defeat Explosive Reactive Armor (ERA) and can penetrate up to 1000 mm of RHA.