Sama said the Surgeon-General of the SAMHS, Lieutenant-General Zola Dabula, had assured them of this. Dabula told them the roll-out for military healthcare workers will begin in mid-March and that he is accrediting the facilities. Sama chairperson Dr Angelique Coetzee said the association welcomed this and urged that it must be done according to regulations of the Department of Health. As a result of this, the SA National Defence Union (Sandu) will not proceed with legal action to compel the Ministry of Defence and Military Veterans, the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) and the SAMHS to register all military healthcare workers in the Sisonke Vaccination Programme.