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The Military Veterans Act of 2011: Promising More Than can be Delivered?

On 20 April the Mail and Guardian newspaper in South Africa reported that approximately 250 former MK and APLA liberation fighters had taken to the streets, demanding from the City of Johannesburg...

SA: Statement by the Department of Defence, on the fifth session of the South Africa – Zimbabwe Joint Permanent Commission and Defence and Security (03/12/2010)

Statements

The South Africa-Zimbabwe Joint Permanent Commission on Defence and Security held its fifth session from the 30 November to the 4 December 2010 at the Royal Hotel, Durban, South Africa.
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New Bill to provide benefits for veterans

MILITARY

A bill that will honour veterans and ensure a "seamless" transition from active military service to civilian life has been approved by Cabinet and sent to Parliament for processing.

Daily podcast — July 30, 2010

PODCAST

In today's podcast, a World Bank report suggests that SA should promote entrepreneurship to grow its economy; the UN climate secretariat ends a Kyoto CO2 offset drought ahead of a key meeting; and,...

SA might send troops to Somalia — Sisulu

DEFENCE

South Africa is mulling sending the army and navy to Somalia to reinforce the troubled African Union (AU) peacekeeping mission in war-torn Mogadishu, Defence Minister Lindiwe Sisulu said on...

IFP: Statement by Albert Mncwango, Inkatha Freedom Party spokesperson, on the Ministry of Defense (14/10/2009)

Statements

The IFP has taken note of comments made by the Deputy Minister of the
Department of Defence and Military Veterans, Mr Thabang Makwetla,
during an interview with the Sowetan, that "all...

DA: Statement by James Lorimer, Democratic Alliance Shadow Deputy Minister of Defence, on Deputy Presidents plane (18/09/2009)

Statements

New information indicates that the charter flight carrying South Africa's deputy president that made a forced landing in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) may not have been fit to...

DA: Statement by David Maynier, Democratic Alliance shadow minister of defence and military veterans on ‘dodgy arms deals with dictators’ (02/08/2009)

Statements

The Democratic Alliance (DA) called this press conference to expose the crisis in our arms control regime and explain its implications.

There is a crisis at the National...

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