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/ 18 October 2009
SA’s military trade unions allege that the government is trying to get rid of them after the department demanded evidence of their membership numbers.
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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.
It is impossible to have an HIV-free South African National Defence Force (SANDF) and a defence-force policy discriminating against people with HIV is unconstitutional, the Pretoria High Court heard on Thursday. Advocate Gilbert Marcus, SC argued that people should be assessed individually, since an individual who was HIV-positive was not necessarily sick.
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/ 9 November 2007
The fatal shooting at the South African Air Force College in Thaba Tshwane outside Pretoria on Thursday is an indication of the ”outstanding transformation” work still needed in the defence force, the South African Security Forces Union said on Friday. An air-force candidate officer allegedly shot two of his instructors, killing one.