defenceWeb Written by defenceWeb - Heberon. It appears the senior command structure of the national defence force is not an active participant into an ongoing Public Protector (PP) investigation of how and why an unregistered Cuban drug was acquired by the South African National Defence Force (SANDF). The investigation by Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s office is one of three. The others are a task team appointed by Defence and Military Veterans Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula and a SA Police Service (SAPS) one initiated by Democratic Alliance (DA) parliamentarian Kobus Marais. Last week Marais told defenceWeb the PP advocate leading the Cuban drug investigation received feedback from the SA Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) with no response from the SANDF, probably in the form of its military health service. A deadline of Friday, 30 April, came and went without any PP/SANDF contact. This, according to Johannesburg daily The Citizen, will see the Chapter Nine institution “resorting to hard powers”.