South Africa- government fires +-1 000 soldiers

Article by Marc Aupiais



According to ENEWSCHANNEL (Secular; Independent; South African), which quotes defence union- SANDU, the SANDF (South African National Defence Force) has allegedly given -+1 000 (One Thousand) soldiers letters of dismissal. The soldiers allegedly had partaken in an illegal strike which attempted to Reach the Union Buildings, in Pretoria, Gauteng. The Union Buildings house an important part of the South African Government.



According to experts, previously quoted by the IOL (Independent Newspapers: Secular; Independent; South African) Group, the SANDF is in a state of near collapse due to under-funding of the force. A past study has warned of the impact on the African Continent should South African military initiatives collapse.



The soldiers have ten days to explain their actions, according to the report by ENEWSCHANNEL which is based on the statements of the SANDU.







Afrique du Sud: Gouvernement Sud-Africain rejette + - 1 000 soldats



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Article par Marc Aupiais

Selon ENEWSCHANNEL (Séculaire; indépendants; Afrique du Sud), qui cite l'union défense SANDU, la SANDF (South African National Defence Force) a prétendument donné - 1 000 (mille) les lettres des soldats de licenciement. Les soldats auraient avait participé à une grève illégale qui a tenté de joindre l'Union Buildings à Pretoria, Gauteng. L'Union Buildings maison une partie importante de l'Afrique du Sud.


Selon les experts, précédemment cité par la LIO (Independent Newspapers: Séculaire; indépendants; Afrique du Sud) Group, la SANDF est dans un état de quasi-faillite en raison du sous-financement de la force. Une étude antérieure a mis en garde contre l'impact sur le continent africain devrait militaires sud-africains initiatives effondrement.



Les soldats ont dix jours pour expliquer leurs actions, selon le rapport de ENEWSCHANNEL qui se fonde sur les déclarations de l'SANDU.

South African National Defence Force (SANDF)- on verge of collapse- experts!

(South African Catholic)

Note by Marc Aupiais

According to the IOL (Independent Newspapers) news group- of South Africa- multiple experts on military matters- have warned that South Africa could handle only the most "minor" of Defence crisis.

Jane's Defence Weekly Southern Africa correspondent Helmoed-Romer Heitman, Henri Boshoff of the Institute of Security Studies in Pretoria, retired Brigadier-General George Kruys of the University of Pretoria, and Professor Renfrew Christie, dean of research at the University of the Western Cape have all raised serious concerns about the state of the South African Army.

It has been warned that if piracy moves south- that our navy is not capable of patrolling the Mozambique Channel to protect commercial shipping, that should Zimbabwe collapse- our army would not be capable of intervening, that taking the police off border patrol would be deadly- and that if events turn sour in Darfur- that it would be hard to evacuate our troops.

South African troops situated throughout Africa- have been credited with a deep stabilising influence- but soldiers are ageing, equipment is reportedly unserviceable, and funding is scarce- in comparison to the mammoth tasks demanded of South African soldiers in multiple giant frontiers throughout some of the most dangerous hot spots on the African Continent.

Defence Minister: Lindiwe Sisulu (appointed by the ANC [African National Congress]- ruling party) has expressed confidence in the readiness of the South African National Defence Force, according to IOL.

The Official Opposition of the Republic of South Africa, the DA (Democratic Alliance), disagrees with the Defence Minister. Their shadow Minister of Defence: Mr David Maynier claims that South Africa must take action least it experience: "soldiers without vehicles, ships without sailors, planes without pilots, and military hospitals without doctors".

A study a while back warned that a smaller deployment of South African troops Up North on the continent- could lead to dire consequences and destabilization. South African troops which were deployed in Burundi are credited with the stabilisation of the country, as South African diplomacy throughout the continent has been credited with ending wars.

The nay sayers seem to believe that either the army should be funded in a manner they would see as adequate: for its mammoth tasks- or that it should be used in what they would see as: more economically wise matters, or in a more economic manner.

C.F.

IOL (Secular; Independent; South African) 02 / 08 | August / 2009
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