soldiers

  1. Hanno Labuschagne

    Scammers try to steal from South African soldiers with fraudulent life insurance polices

    Scammers try to steal from South African soldiers with fraudulent life insurance polices Rapport reports that hundreds of South African National Defence Force (SANDF) members deployed in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have been fraudulently signed up for life insurance policies over the...
  3. LazyLion

    African Union to create Military Force for Crises

    The African Union agreed on Monday to set up an emergency military force consisting wholly of African troops which would be able to respond to crises and conflicts on the continent. "We have established an African Standby Force. It is important for Africa to be able to respond," said AU...
  4. LazyLion

    SA Army in a Financial Fix: Chief

    Budgetary constraints have crippled the SA Army in its attempts to fulfil national and international obligations, army chief Lt-Gen Vusimuzi Masondo said on Thursday. With the increased demand for the army's services, locally and on the African continent, the national force was under strain...
  5. LazyLion

    The South Sudan Thread

    Claims that South African soldiers in Sudan are not getting their fortnightly allowance from the United Nations are unfounded, the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) said on Monday. Brig-Gen Xolani Mabanga said the claims were part of a campaign by the SA National Defence Union (Sandu) to...
  6. LazyLion

    Memorial for Slain Soldiers

    Families of 13 South African soldiers killed in the Central African Republic arrived for their memorial service at the Swartkop Air Force Base in Pretoria on Tuesday. The families were seated south of the podium in the fully packed hall. Soldiers in full uniform filed into the hall while a...
  7. LazyLion

    Department to Verify Soldiers

    Azanian People's Liberation Movement veterans who were excluded from the 1994 integration into the defence force would be verified, the defence department said on Wednesday. The department and the Azanian People's Liberation Movement Veterans' Association (Aplamva) met in Pretoria on Tuesday...
  8. LazyLion

    Military vets demand land, jobs

    http://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/military-vets-demand-land-jobs-1.1271111 I thought most of these guys were merged into the SANDF? ... and how many of these guys are real veterans anyway? How do they plan on checking?
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