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Cutting corners: Major General Mzikayise Tyhalisi (left) ceremonially opened the Albertina Sisulu Mess in 2021. An entirely new mess in a safe location was planned but abandoned for financial reasons.
ALBERTINA SISULU MESS

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…

  • Erika Gibson
6 min read
After an inquiry in February 2021 about the report, the M&G finally gained access this week to a 42-page executive summary of the forensic investigation “into the 1 Military Hospital repair and maintenance programme”. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy
1 MILITARY HOSPITAL

Squabbles put army hospital in ICU

1 Military Hospital is in a serious state of disrepair and the report of a forensic investigation into who is to blame for the mess remains under wraps

  • Eunice Masson
  • Erika Gibson
5 min read