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Opinion: Military veterans betrayed - pensions denied, dignity trampled, and justice demanded - DefenceWeb (opens the original)
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As a longstanding Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) military veteran with a well-documented record of service in the liberation struggle, I write this with a heavy heart and rising anger. The ongoing crisis facing military veterans in South Africa is not merely an administrative failure. It is a profound betrayal of those who sacrificed their youth, their freedom, and in many cases their lives, to free this country from the yoke of apartheid. The case of Mangaliso Petse, an Azanian People’s Liberation Army
Opinion: The Military Ombud must be independent – or it is no ombud at all - DefenceWeb (opens the original)
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South Africa needs a Military Ombud. That is not in dispute. What is in dispute – and what can no longer be papered over with polite parliamentary language – is whether the institution we currently have is capable of fulfilling the role for which it was created. On the evidence presented to the Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans and the Joint Standing Committee on Defence, and on the evidence that continues to reach Members of Parliament from serving and former members of the S
Analysis: Defence Industry Lekgotla an important initiative but questions remain on funding and implementation - DefenceWeb (opens the original)
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The Defence Industry Lekgotla, held from 20 to 22 July 2026 at the CSIR International Convention Centre in Pretoria, was an important initiative. Convened by the Department of Defence and Military Veterans together with the South African defence industry, it brought together officials, state-owned entities, private-sector representatives and Members of Parliament to address long-standing challenges. Discussions across the six work streams — innovation, localisation and exports, acquisition and p
Opinion: We must not normalize the militarization of our democracy - DefenceWeb (opens the original)
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The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) supports the deployment of South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers to help restore stability amid the protests and violence linked to the actions of March and March. We do so because public order must be protected. But we support this deployment with a heavy heart, because what we are witnessing is the steady normalisation of using the military to manage domestic crises that should be handled by civilian institutions. On 9 July, the Joint Standin
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