SANDF, broke and without purpose, marches onward to disaster

Fundamental and very toxic breakdown between Treasury and the department of defence has done untold damage

South Africa’s armed forces are in their worst crisis in decades, driven to the brink of a disastrous loss of strategic capabilities by a fateful combination of an ever-shrinking budget, poor leadership and a dire mismatch between the missions it is required to perform and the resources it is given to do so...

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