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Leaked SANDF memo suggests army simply planning ahead - Heitman
Defence analyst, Helmoed Heitman, was reacting to a leaked internal memo that suggested that the SANDF was on high alert right now, due to the potential for...
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) said that President Cyril Ramaphosa had the executive authority to deploy soldiers.
Tabling the defence budget on Tuesday, Defence Minister Modise told the house that these deployments put the SANDF under great pressure as it was often not reimbursed and that supplies of crucial equipment were critically low.
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Members of Parliament’s joint defence committee have expressed concern over reports of soldiers getting food poisoning after eating rotten meat in Mozambique.
The union’s Pikkie Greeff said that the current budget allocated to the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) was much smaller compared to the previous financial year.
The troops are also providing field accommodation and water purification systems, the army said.
Buildings have collapsed, roads have been swept away, houses are buried beneath mudslides and emergency services have spent the night rescuing and evacuating people from their homes.
Earlier this month, the Home Affairs Department published its critical skills list, citing naval engineering, such as design, construction and repairs, as one of the sectors in dire need of qualified workers.
Defence force officials and Minister Thandi Modise briefed the joint defence committee about the incident for the first time on Thursday.
This after 13 people were arrested in connection with a foiled robbery on the west rand on Friday.
The ministerial task team said that during its investigation into the procurement of the drug from Cuba, it was told by senior defence force members that Sahpra seemed to be doing the bidding of big pharmaceuticals.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has written to the presiding officers of Parliament for the authorisation of 2,700 soldiers to remain on the ground until March, in the wake of recent assaults on national key points
The SANDF says Mozambican locals are pleading for SADC's intervention to stop insurgents in that country following attacks on communities.
SANDF spokesperson Brigadier-General Andries Mahapa said that Radebe died while protecting the interests of South Africa in Mozambique.
The body of corporal Tebogo Radebe was officially handed over to his family on Thursday after he was killed in action during Operation Vikela in neighbouring Mozambique.
Corporal Tebogo Radebe succumbed to his injuries after SADC soldiers were ambushed by insurgents in east Chai Village on Monday. His body arrived on home soil from Mozambique on Wednesday night.
The SANDF member was part of a group sent to Cabo Delgado region on a SADC mission to fight militants there.
Soldiers were deployed during the unrest in July to monitor the situation at the time after violence broke out in parts of Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal earlier this year when Zuma was sent to prison for contempt.