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New boots and working dress coming for the Army.
Among reasons for the landward component of the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) embarking on a replacement exercise for among others, its boots and camouflage uniforms, are them being compromised, old-fashioned and uncomfortable.
This will, in time, see SA Army personnel wearing a new working uniform with one of three different camouflage patterns, new boots and a new camouflage cap, similar to the French Foreign Legion’s kepi.
The new uniform, boots and other clothing projects, according to Defence and Military Veterans Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, follow concerns raised by her as well as Parliament’s Joint Standing Committee on Defence (JSCD) and the Defence Force Service Commission on the poor quality of combat boots and uniforms. Soldiers deployed with the UN mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) found boots wore out quickly in the hot and humid environment.