Tag: Angie Motshekga
Parliamentarians see dire state of 1 Military Hospital
A late March Parliamentary oversight visit to the supposed premier healthcare facility in the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) – 1 Military Hospital in...
SAAF VVIP squadron logs minimal flying hours
21 Squadron, the South African Air Force’s (SAAF’s) dedicated VVIP and VIP transport unit, fell far short of allocated flying hours in the 2023/24...
Over 87 000 names on SA military veteran database with number...
The South African military veterans database currently has over 87 000 names on it from 10 organisations representing national defence and former liberation forces with...
Motshekga sets the record straight on Bester Building move
Defence minister Angie Motshekga, by way of answering a Parliamentary question, put the move of two SA Army formation headquarters to a “dilapidated” building...
Motshekga’s answers on 1 Military Hospital “a blatant lie”
Defence and Military Veterans Minister Angie Motshekga stands accused of “untruthfully” answering a Parliamentary question and will, if her accuser has his way, be...
Motshekga meets Denel board and management ahead of responsibility move
Ahead of Denel “officially” becoming the responsibility of the South African Department of Defence (DoD), the board of the State-owned enterprise (SOE) met its...
SADC Heads of State summit to have final say on SAMIDRC...
Assertions by South Africa’s defence minister that SA National Defence Force (SANDF) personnel deployed in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will only exit...
No Badger delivery dates yet known, Parliament hears
More than 13 years in the making and the SA Army still doesn’t have a replacement for its Ratel infantry combat vehicles (ICVs) in...
Parliament hears SA soldiers in DR Congo had “sufficient military equipment”
The aftermath of what is colloquially now termed “the Battle of Goma” continues to reverberate in South Africa with Defence and Military Veterans Minister...
Defenceless: South Africa’s military capability eroded by chronic issues, warns SCOPA
The South African Department of Defence and Military Veterans (DMV) is facing numerous challenges prohibiting it from being able to defend the country, say...
“Key” defence establishment vacancies to be filled soon – Motshekga
What Defence and Military Veterans Minister Angie Motshekga says are “key vacancies” in the departments of Defence (DoD) and Military Veterans have been advertised...
Motshekga urges new Armscor board to drive innovation and excellence
New Armscor chair Dr Lesiba Mahapa is a seasoned bureaucrat with his CV listing, among others, vice chairmanship of bargaining councils, a chief negotiator...
Angie Motshegka must resign, say JSCD members
After initially being postponed, the Joint Standing Committee on Defence held a hearing on the situation unfolding in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),...
More questions than answers in Parliamentary DR Congo briefing
Defence and Military Veterans Minister Angie Motshekga stands accused of “trying to spin herself out of accountability” in the wake of Tuesday’s joint briefing...
Eastern DR Congo hostilities to be sole focus of Dar es...
African eyes as well as others in the United States (US) and elsewhere in the world will be focussed on Tanzanian port city Dar...
SIU finds corruption, wasteful expenditure, little consequence management in Department of...
As President Cyril Ramaphosa’s point person on defence, Minister Angie Motshekga – even though she had no part in defence related corruption, mismanagement and...
No attacks against SANDF in DRC in last 48 hours –...
Defence Minister Angie Motshekga has assured South Africans that SA National Defence Force camps in and around Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo...
PCDMV meeting to discuss DRC postponed at last minute
The Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans (PCDMV) has postponed a meeting today that was supposed to provide an update on the situation...
SA defence minister in DR Congo where security is “deteriorating”
Defence and Military Veterans Minister Angie Motshekga is currently in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) calling on South African soldiers at the same...
Defence Minister Motshekga meets military trade union
Pretoria headquartered military labour organisation the SA National Defence Union (Sandu) this week met Defence and Military Veterans Minister Angie Motshekga with the welfare...
Balancing the defence wages and salaries budget still a way off
Defence and Military Veterans Minister Angie Motshekga does not appear to be optimistic that the 2025/26 financial year will deliver a break-even point for...
Tough Parliamentary questions coming for Minister Motshekga
Indications are South African Defence and Military Veterans Minister Angie Motshekga can expect a barrage of Parliamentary questions when the National Assembly (NA) and...
Department of Military Veterans delivers – Motshekga
Defence and Military Veterans Minister Angie Motshekga maintains the Department of Military Veterans (DMV) provides services that “improve and sustain the livelihood of military...
UN peacekeeping payments to South Africa to be questioned
In the six month period April to November 2024, South Africa was paid R213 million for peacekeeping and peace support operations by the United...
Improving dockyard capacity is on the drawing board – Motshekga
A publicly threatened action to “divorce” the SA Navy (SAN) from the manager of the naval dockyard, Armscor, is seemingly not going to happen...
Missing DMV top management impacts on services
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Minister of Defence and Military Veterans is “not doing enough” for South Africa’s old soldiers is the on-the-ground observation from a...
Motshekga commits to defence industry lekgotla this financial year
More than two years on since a much-touted South African defence industry (SADI) lekgotla was scheduled and then postponed, it now appears the long-awaited...
No surprises on the defence front in Parliament Register of Members’...
Part of a Cabinet minister’s job is to meet counterparts from other countries in search of common ground by way of memoranda of understanding,...
No more SA soldier deaths in DR Congo – Motshekga
An uMkhonto we Sizwe Party (MKP) National Assembly (NA) parliamentarian was told by Defence and Military Veterans Minister Angie Motshekga there is no increase...
Motshekga again quizzed on military veterans by parliamentarians
What has, hasn’t and is being done for South Africa’s military veterans is of concern to a number of Parliamentarians – across the political...
R472 million spent by Presidential Medical Unit over the last five...
The Presidential Medical Unit (PMU), staffed by South African Military Health Service (SAMHS) personnel, spent R472 million on providing medical care over the last...
South African soldiers top UN paternity claims list
An unfortunate spin-off of sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) by soldiers on continental peacekeeping deployments is paternity claims, with South Africa topping a United...
Exercise Vuk’uhlome 2024: Beware the old soldier
The South African Army’s Exercise Vuk’uhlome 2024 Distinguished Visitors (DV) Day took place on 21 November at its Lohatlha Combat Training Centre ‘in the...
SANDF fleet at ‘all-time low’ as the military ‘sits helpless’
"Whether on ground, in the air or at sea, the SANDF sits helpless,” is National Council of Provinces (NCOP) member of the Select Committee...
SANDF upgrading security at 93 Ammunition Depot
Action is being taken to eliminate security shortcomings, highlighted by civil society grouping AfriForum, at 93 Ammunition Depot in Jan Kempdorp.
Centurion headquartered AfriForum brought...
Minister of defence hiding true state of SANDF fleet – Rise...
Rise Mzansi believes Minister of Defence and Military Veterans Angie Motshekga is hiding the state of the South African National Defence Force’s (SANDF’s) prime...
Motshekga familiarisation tour makes it to CMIS
Other duties, including standing in for President Cyril Ramaphosa, meant the familiarisation tour of SA National Defence Force (SANDF) services and divisions by defence...
Informal housing negatively impacting on Gerotek testing facility
The value of Armscor vehicle testing subsidiary Gerotek on the far western outskirts of Pretoria could be at stake if nothing is done “to...
Defence ministry has plans in place to handle Auditor-General concerns
A three-part overview of the first 100 days of South Africa’s second government of national unity (GNU) focusing on defence and military veterans by...
Veterans’ housing – builds nowhere near targets
The perennial under-performance of the Department of Military Veterans (DMV) was again highlighted in the reply to a Parliamentary question, this one regarding housing...
SA defence “political heads” working to resolve problems – Holomisa
Retired general and currently a deputy defence and military veterans minister Bantu Holomisa, reviewing the first 100 days of South Africa’s second government of...
Motshekga cedes annual report honours to SecDef and SANDF Chief
The just released South African Department of Defence (DoD) annual report for the 2023/24 financial year covers the timeframe before Minister Angie Motshekga’s ascendancy...
Motshekga gives completion date for long-running 1 Mil refurbishment
The long-running saga of refurbishing and modernising 1 Military Hospital will, according to Defence and Military Veterans Minister Angie Motshekga, be complete by January...
National, strategic event status for AAD
The Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) exhibition was this year recognised by Cabinet as “a national event of strategic importance”.
The exhibition at Air Force...
Minister Motshekga taken to task over lack of a permanent DG...
The military veteran component of Minister Angie Motshekga’s portfolio and specifically its lack of leadership is now on record in an effort to spur...
Budget cuts, not mismanagement, at the heart of SANDF maintenance issues
Limited funding for maintenance combined with budget cuts has left the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) with no money to maintain the equipment...
Busy time ahead for Amatola
SAS Amatola (F145), the first Valour Class frigate to be taken into SA Navy (SAN) service, is said to be at “a constabulary level...
SA Navy platform non-availability blamed on Armscor dockyard
As its prime customer, the SA Navy (SAN) has twice “registered its concerns with the chronic under-performance of Armscor dockyard”.
In a nutshell, that...
SANDF crisis demands immediate action from Motshekga – DA
Defence Minister Angie Motshekga's failure to provide a report on the state of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) is a clear indication...
