SANDF reinstates employee after HIV discrimination
/ 31 January 2024

SANDF reinstates employee after HIV discrimination

The defence force only re-employed the woman after being threatened with litigation

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Former combatant’s lonely pension battle drags on
/ 19 July 2023

Former combatant’s lonely pension battle drags on

Bureaucratic hurdles have made Nelson Phasha’s life hell since he returned from exile

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Almost 3000 military vets push ahead with reparations claim of R4.2m each
/ 18 July 2023

Almost 3000 military vets push ahead with reparations claim of R4.2m each

The claim is based on the R500 000 each veteran was promised in 1994, which they say today works out to be R4.2 million.

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Military veterans plan R10 billion class action
/ 9 December 2022

Military veterans plan R10 billion class action

The former soldiers want the state to pay them R4 million each in reparations

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Port St Johns flood victims left adrift by authorities
/ 11 June 2022

Port St Johns flood victims left adrift by authorities

Waters have subsided but residents of the Eastern Cape town are still battling to rebuild their lives

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Defence department blames lack of funding for failure to act on gender-based violence in the SANDF
/ 11 May 2022

Defence department blames lack of funding for failure to act on gender-based violence in the SANDF

An investigation by the auditor general into the defence department’s records found that a lack of accountability and consequence management is rife

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SANDF troops help with KwaZulu-Natal post-flood recovery
/ 21 April 2022

SANDF troops help with KwaZulu-Natal post-flood recovery

Some residents have accused the South African National Defence Force of taking too long to respond with recovery assistance

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Millions of rand lost as SANDF returns unauthorised Cuban Covid-19 drug
/ 26 January 2022

Millions of rand lost as SANDF returns unauthorised Cuban Covid-19 drug

Remedial action against officials suspected of wrongdoing must be taken, says the ministerial task team investigating the defence department

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SANDF’s condemned-building mess
/ 20 January 2022

SANDF’s condemned-building mess

A 40-year-old army accommodation block housing 500 soldiers was ‘upgraded’ using residents’ recreational fund contributions. But it is dangerous: other high-risk residential flats in the area have been evacuated because of dolomite corrosion.

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SANDF to brief family of slain Congo soldier
/ 11 January 2022

SANDF to brief family of slain Congo soldier

Family hopes for answers now that a probe has been completed into a friendly fire incident that killed a South African soldier in the DRC

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Army vets who responded to call for reserves during July unrest still unpaid
/ 27 December 2021

Army vets who responded to call for reserves during July unrest still unpaid

‘The whole operation … was a process of confusion and a total lack of command … and control’

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The situation in Cuba: ‘Prisoners in South Africa live in better conditions’
/ 20 November 2021

The situation in Cuba: ‘Prisoners in South Africa live in better conditions’

South African student pilots training in Cuba complain of slave-like conditions

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Family wants clarity on SANDF soldier killed in friendly fire in the DRC
/ 22 September 2021

Family wants clarity on SANDF soldier killed in friendly fire in the DRC

Corporal Simanga Khuselo join the peacekeeping mission in the DRC to save money to build his family a home

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SANDF sends ‘Goats’ to Mozambique to fight insurgents
/ 6 August 2021

SANDF sends ‘Goats’ to Mozambique to fight insurgents

South Africa’s new military weapon takes a leaf out of the Libyan rebel forces’ handbook as it lands in Mozambique to fight insurgents

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