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Rishi Sunak has launched an employment scheme to help veterans secure high-paid jobs using skills they have developed in the military.
It's the first post-service job as a veteran that's critical, as it is the one that gets you on your feet, says Lt Col Stuart Crawford.
Under the plan, businesses will be encouraged to hire veterans in areas such as cyber, digital, manufacturing, energy, and financial and professional services.
The cut in service days for part-time soldiers shows how less defence funding is hamstringing the SANDF in its constitutional mandate.
Residents around a chrome mine in Sekhukhune have accused president Cyril Ramaphosa of depriving them of an income by deploying the army