South Africa "considered" the Victor Mk.2 Strategic Bomber?

The following is direct quote from Tony Buttler’s “British Secret Projects: Jet Bombers Since 1949.”

….25 of the 57 Victor Mk.2s on order were cancelled in July 1960, although South Africa did consider buying Mk.2s in October 1961 to use up components made redundant by the smaller order.

I was shocked when I read this.