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/ 17 September 2009
President Jacob Zuma on Thursday questioned the right of soldiers to belong to trade unions, saying this could put the country’s security at risk.
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/ 13 September 2009
President Jacob Zuma has berated soldiers who took part in a violent protest last month, saying they displayed ”a lack of social responsibility”.
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/ 12 September 2009
Defence Minister Lindiwe Sisulu has criticised Cosatu for claiming her disciplining soldiers violated the Constitution.
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/ 10 September 2009
The government is mulling banning trade unions in the defence force, despite a court ruling confirming the right of soldiers to unionise.
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/ 10 September 2009
The SANDF will, for at least the next two months, not fire any soldiers who took part in an alleged illegal protest march last month.
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/ 8 September 2009
A private soldier in the South African National Defence Force earns R3 958 a month, of which R693 disappears in deductions.
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/ 4 September 2009
The army will not be held to ransom by mutinous behaviour from soldiers, chief of the army Lieutenant General Solly Shoke said on Friday.
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/ 3 September 2009
Military police arrested soldiers facing ”various charges” at Doornkop military base south of Johannesburg on Thursday, an official said.
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/ 2 September 2009
There was no possibility of a change of heart on dismissal notices that have been sent out to 1 300 soldiers, Lindiwe Sisulu said on Wednesday.
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/ 2 September 2009
An interdict to stop soldiers from embarking on illegal marches was issued by the high court in Pretoria late on Tuesday.
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/ 1 September 2009
SA has issued about 2 000 letters of dismissal to soldiers who last week staged an illegal march, the Defence Ministry said on Tuesday.
The government must review the unionisation of the military, veterans said on Monday.
The soldiers’ protest will continue until the minister of defence tables a decent wage offer, the South African National Defence Union said on Friday.
The soldiers who embarked on illegal and violent protest at the Union Buildings will be dismissed, Lindiwe Sisulu said on Thursday.
Cabinet on Thursday warned of stronger police action against the organisers and participants of violent and destructive protests.
Police are investigating the illegal protest by soldiers that turned violent at the Union Buildings in Pretoria on Wednesday.
Soldiers who protested at the Union Buildings on Wednesday were ”disgraceful” and had placed the nation in danger, said Lindiwe Sisulu.
Lindiwe Sisulu condemned an illegal protest by about 3 000 soldiers who attempted to gain access to the Union Buildings on Wednesday.
A planned soldiers’ protest march against salaries and working conditions is irresponsible and unnecessary, the Defence Ministry said on Tuesday.
South Africa’s ineffective border patrol poses a threat to the country’s security, a report by Parliament’s portfolio committee said on Thursday.
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/ 20 February 2009
TheSANDF is ”overstretched” but capable of assisting in the upcoming elections, Confederations Cup and Fifa World Cup.
Two South African soldiers have drowned in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Defence Minister Charles Nqakula announced on Wednesday.
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/ 16 September 2008
The South African Communist Party has taken a swipe at senior ANC members who left the army to make money from arms sales.
Defence secretary January Masilela died in a car accident in Bronkhorstspruit on Sunday, police have confirmed.
A senior South African National Defence Force administration clerk was on Monday jailed for five years for fraud involving more than R1-million.
The police and the SA defence force started with a week-long Soccer World Cup training exercise in and around Bloemfontein on Monday.
Another ATM is bombed in Gauteng as a media report reveals that explosives stolen from gold mines are being sold on the black market.
The African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) and other youth bodies on Friday launched a campaign against xenophobia following the recent attacks on foreign nationals in South Africa. Briefing the media in Johannesburg, ANCYL president Julius Malema extended his apology and assured foreigners they were welcome in the country.
The recent xenophobic violence cannot be attributed to a single factor and is not necessarily the work of a so-called ”third force”, government spokesperson Themba Maseko said on Thursday. ”In some cases, there is some evidence of copy-cat activities in which criminals took advantage of the news story to conduct criminal acts,” he said.
President Thabo Mbeki on Sunday called a wave of deadly attacks on migrants an ”absolute disgrace” and said his government would take all measures to bring those responsible to justice. Meanwhile, African National Congress president Jacob Zuma said all people in South Africa should be tolerant of one another.
South Africa’s security chief on Friday accused rightwingers linked to the former apartheid government of fanning xenophobic violence that has spread to Cape Town, the second largest city and tourist centre. At least 42 people have been killed and thousands driven from their homes in 12 days of attacks.
A Somali community in Johannesburg on Thursday accused police of firing live ammunition at its members as more xenophobic attacks were reported in Gauteng and former Cabinet minister Kader Asmal questioned claims of ‘third force’ involvement in the attacks.