Defence minister bemoans lack of funding for SANDF
Declining budgets means the defence force cannot fulfil its mandate to improve since being found to be in severe decline in 2015
05 September 2019 - 17:38
Defence and military veterans minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has bemoaned the lack of funding for her department, saying that the current state of affairs effectively negates the 2015 defence review.
The review — an assessment finalised in 2015 that measures SA’s combat-readiness and proposes what must be done about it — found that the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) was in a state of severe decline that needed immediate attention...
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