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President Cyril Ramaphosa has paid tribute to the men and women in uniform in the South African National Defence Force, saying they should continue to put the country first.
But 12 of the Gauteng medical personnel did not deploy and on Monday July 6 found themselves in front of a military judge. Advocate Brian Plaatjies, a former military judge, represented 10 of the 12. The two other accused were represented by free military counsel. Plaatjies said he was instructed to pursue damages against the military for legal expenses and for pain and suffering. “For nine months they were the subject of banter. The whole thing cost them greatly and I don't come cheap ... The point here is that the military should not be using social media to communicate because it opens ...
Thousand plus Reserves find full-time employment with Correctional Services Written by defenceWeb - 283 The military skillset is in demand, by at least the Department of Justice and Correctional Services, which earlier this year welcomed over 1 200 Reserve Force staffers to its ranks. The departure of part-time soldiers from the reserve component of the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) – mostly in search of full-time employment rather than the part-time call-up available in Defence Reserves – was mooted last November. That was when the Reserve Force indicated it was “assisting” the ...
defenceWeb Written by defenceWeb - Kobus Marais. A question Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula’s Heberon task team has to ask is how many COVID-19 infections and deaths are there in the SA National Defence Force (SANDF)? This, Democratic Alliance (DA) parliamentarian Kobus Marais believes, will be a valuable pointer as to whether the national defence force needed to acquire the Cuban drug to boost soldiers’ immune systems for additional protection while on Operation Notlela duty. He told defenceWeb questions on the number of infections and deaths were not responded to. “Working through t...