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President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the SANDF deployment in his 12 February State of the Nation Address.
BORDER MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY

Looking past the SANDF deployment to solve our crime crisis together

It is also clear to many people, following revelations at the Madlanga Commission and corruption scandals in the Department of Defence and Military Veterans, that both the SAPS…

  • Ian Siebörger
8 min read
Minister of Defence and Military Veterans Angie Motshekga
ANGIE MOTSHEKGA

Angie Motshekga: Defence and Military Veteran

SCORE: F The year 2025 was a baptism of fire for Motshekga, one of the worst performing ministers in the government of national unity. After South African soldiers were sent on…

  • MG Reporter
1 min read
File photo by RAJESH JANTILAL/AFP via Getty Images
ANC

Ex-combatants threaten to take Ramaphosa to court

Military veterans from Umkhonto weSizwe, Azanian People’s Liberation Army and Azanian National Liberation Army have sought legal advice in a dispute over payments

  • Lizeka Tandwa
3 min read