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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If Jacob Zuma – or any other witness – is not called to test evidence that he was involved in Guptagate, it would be taken as fact, says Sandu.
A young army recruit is in danger of losing the use of an arm after he and 10 others were punished for going to a pub without permission.
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/ 14 October 2007
Six names of the nine South African National Defence Force soldiers who died during a training accident at the South African Army Combat Training Centre in Lohatla, Northern Cape, were released on Saturday. The Department of Defence has appointed a high-level board of inquiry to investigate the accident.