Tag: Department of Military Veterans
More flak for Motshekga’s Department of Military Veterans
In the wake of requesting the Department of Military Veterans (DMV) be placed under administration, Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans (PCDMV)...
New veterans’ organisation “cautious” about DMV administration
A recommendation that the Department of Military Veterans (DMV) be placed under administration is seen as positive but may not necessarily ensure speedy delivery...
Parliament oversight committee recommends administration for DMV
Continuous under- and non-performance at the Department of Military Veterans (DMV), repeatedly raised by veteran soldiers and their representative organisations as well as publicly...
Military veteran registration can take up to a year
The South African government department tasked with the well-being of the country’s military veterans acknowledged, in reply to a Parliamentary question, “it sometimes takes...
Niehaus wants Department of Military Veterans under administration to stop “ongoing...
South Africa’s Department of Military Veterans (DMV) specifically tasked with the care and needs of the country’s old soldiers almost continually finds itself in...
High rejection rate for military veterans’ pension
Over three thousand pension applications to the Department of Military Veterans (DMV) were rejected by the Government Pensions Administration Agency (GPAA) as of January...
Occupational health hazards at Military Veterans HQ
The Hatfield, Pretoria, building housing the headquarters of South Africa’s Department of Military Veterans (DMV) is seemingly not a good place to work in.
This...
Military veterans’ database “doesn’t integrate with anything”
Old soldiers are not on the same level as other recipients of government welfare assistance was the inference made to Parliament’s Standing Committee on...
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...
Department of Military Veterans to release seven books
The Department of Military Veterans (DMV) will mark a milestone in the preservation of South Africa’s liberation history when it hosts the launch of...
Motshekga’s military veterans department taken to task by Parliamentary oversight committee
The Department of Military Veterans (DMV), currently under the leadership of yet another acting Director-General, did not come out unscathed after the Portfolio Committee...
“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...
Important notice for military veterans’ education benefit
Shortly after South African schools started the 2025 academic year, the Department of Military Veterans (DMV) made known its education support offering for old...
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...
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 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...
Presidential military veterans task team hears there’s progress with pension pay-outs
The South African Presidential Task Team on Military Veterans (PTTMV), chaired by Deputy President Paul Mashatile, notes “about 3 091 qualifying military veterans” have...
Parliamentarians given military veteran benefit numbers
It appears the official Parliamentary opposition – the Umkhonto we Sizwe (MP) Party – is serious about the plight of South Africa’s military veterans...
Motshekga pledges support for military veterans
Defence and Military Veterans Minister Angie Motshekga has budgeted R158 million for the rollout of military veterans’ pension benefits as part of the department’s...
Immediate past DMV Director General resigned, not dismissed
In March last year, Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans (PCDMV) heard that Department of Military Veterans (DMV) Director General Irene Mpolweni...
DMV has its fourth acting DG as legal action looms
The perennially under-performing Department of Military Veterans (DMV) has another acting Director-General at the helm – the fourth interim appointment since 2017 - with...
Slow pace of veterans’ pension pay-outs worrying
The snail’s pace of military veteran pension pay-outs is “a concern” to the Parliamentary oversight committee – the Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military...
Veterans’ skills development programme underway in Gauteng
The Gauteng province is the centre point of a 10-day skills development programme for military veterans under the auspices of the Department of Military...
AG finds “material misstatements” in DMV annual report
Further evidence the Department of Military Veterans (DMV) qualifies for a serial offender title when it comes to service delivery – and other failures...
Military Veterans Dept annual report delayed due to ‘instability in the...
Defence and Military Veterans Minister Thandi Modise has informed Parliament that the finalisation and publication of the Department of Military Veterans annual report and...
Military veterans’ pension with government agency for roll-out
Defence and Military Veterans Minister Thandi Modise almost repeated herself when answering another Parliamentary questioner wanting to know when old soldiers will start receiving...
Department of Military Veterans DG suspended
The Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans (PCDMV) heard this week the director-general of the Department of Military Veterans (DMV) is suspended.
The announcement...
DMV director general under fire
In the same week the Department of Military Veterans (DMV) was taken to task for seemingly non- and/or poor execution of duties assigned it,...
DMV taken to task by Parliamentary committee
“Under-performance” and “serious concern” are among words used by Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans (PCDMV) in the wake of an annual...
Progress on military veterans’ issues disputed
The official line that government “continues to make significant advances against a huge backlog” in dealing with military veterans’ affairs doesn’t ring true to...
DMV underachieves in delivering to military veterans
The Department of Military Veterans (DMV) has underachieved in its performance for the final three quarters of 2021, and only managed to achieve less...
Ex-MK military veterans conference to be held in East London
The Department of Military Veterans, together with the All-inclusive Ex-MK Conference Preparatory Committee, will host a conference of Ex-MK military veterans later this week...
DMV working toward a “self-sufficient military veterans’ community”
The Department of Military Veterans (DMV) maintains it is progressing in its “quest to provide a dignified, unified, empowered and self-sufficient military veterans’ community”.
A...
DMV facing hefty contract cancellation lawsuits
There are currently contract cancellation lawsuits totalling R189 159 000 against the Department of Military Veterans (DMV).
This is according to a presentation by DMV...
Last chance for Eastern Cape military veterans to register
Military veterans in Eastern Cape have a final opportunity to register for benefits officially due to bona fide old soldiers.
The Department of Military Veterans...
Dept of Military Veterans suspends senior officials as it cleans house
The Department of Military Veterans is investigating irregular expenditure amounting to R119 million and has since placed four senior officials on precautionary suspension pending...
Work on military veterans’ database going again after “challenges”
The Department of Military Veterans (DMV) should be accorded a high priority by government as the majority of its area of responsibility is seen...
Acting DMV director general reports progress on veterans’ affairs
The most senior public servant in the Department of Military Veterans (DMV) notes in his report as accounting officer in the latest annual report...
Department of Military Veterans marks 10th anniversary with separate vote
According to Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, the latest annual report (2019/20) of the Department of Military Veterans (DMV) comes at “a historic moment” marking not only...
Database clean-up and “consequence management” coming at Military Veterans Department
The Department of Military Veterans (DMV) will have Parliamentary oversight keeping a close watch as it “cleans” the military veterans database, long a source...
Presentation: Department of Military Veterans on 1st quarter performance
On 21 October 2020, the Department of Military Veterans gave a presentation to the Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans on its first...
DMV not meeting targets
Those tasked with ensuring South Africa’s military veterans are in a good space have a long way to go if the latest Department of...
Mgwebi back in harness at the Department of Military Veterans
The South African soldier who was force commander of the UN's single largest peace support mission retired from active service earlier this...
Funding shortfall of millions for Military Veterans Department
The Department of Military Veterans (DMV) provided education support to more than 7 000 military veterans and their dependents last year and...
Department of Military Veterans sets out medium term plans
The medium term between now (2017) and 2020 is going to be a time of consolidation and improvement for the Department of...
Military Veterans Department spends millions on education support
The Department of Military Veterans (DMV) maintains its commitment to paying for education of veterans and their dependents has over the past...
New DMV director general to prioritise military veterans’ database
Military veterans across South Africa will be hoping the new top man at the Department of Military Veterans (DMV) can engineer a...
Reliability of military veterans’ database questioned
The reliability of the military veterans' database has been questioned by Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans (PCDMV) particularly as...
Military Veterans Department acknowledges shortcomings, points out achievements
After being rapped over the knuckles earlier this month by Parliament's Select Committee on Security and Justice, the Department of Military Veterans...
DMV called to task for not building houses for military veterans
A parliamentary committee has expressed "grave concern" over the lack of housing provided by the Department of Military Veterans (DMV) following a...
