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Indiscipline in the SA National Defence Force getting worse

Parliament – Indiscipline in the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) continues to grow, Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula said on Wednesday.

There are “serious problems of discipline within [its] ranks”, she told MPs, opening debate in Parliament on her department’s budget.

Two years ago, her predecessor Lindiwe Sisulu spoke on the same problem.

“There is a problem with discipline… a serious problem of discipline in the defence force,” she told members of Parliament’s defence and military veterans portfolio committee at the time.

On Wednesday, Mapisa-Nqakula suggested the problem still exists, and is getting worse…

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