Trade union Solidarity announced on Friday that financially-embattled State-owned defence industrial group Denel had just paid it R4-million. The money is to cover the salary arrears of union members employed by Denel Dynamics and Denel Land Systems. “The payment of the salary money to Solidarity is a major victory for Solidarity and its members,” highlighted union CE Dr Dirk Hermann. “Their salaries have been looted for more than a year while the state institution refused to fulfil its responsibilities. However, Solidarity refused to accept such laxity from the state and Denel and applied constant pressure in order to force Denel to comply with the court order that was made last year.”