Tag: NSPCA
Engineer School stands accused of ill-treating SANDF “biological assets”
In the last year of her tenure as President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Minister of Defence and Military Veterans, Thandi Modise received no less than five...
Modise piggery cruelty case not over
Despite another legal setback, the National Council of SPCAs, with the assistance of AfriForum’s private prosecution unit, is going ahead with its case of...
Defence Minister’s alleged animal cruelty case back in court next year
Defence and Military Veterans Minister Thandi Modise looks set to appoint defence of the legal kind as the AfriForum private prosecution unit served papers...
SPCA inspectors reportedly given the “run around” by SAASIC
The latest round to be verbally fired in the National Council of SPCAs (NSPCA) vs SA National Defence Force (SANDF) equine abuse allegations saga...
SAASIC equine abuse now an AfriForum investigation
Four years of fruitless police investigation into charges of animal maltreatment at the SA Army Specialist Infantry Capability (SAASIC) have not gone unnoticed by...
SAASIC animal maltreatment case drags on
This month (May) is the second anniversary of the National Council of SPCAs (NPSCA) bringing charges again a SA Army specialist unit in connection...
SAASIC animal cruelty cases still dragging on
Fourteen months after the first charges were laid against an SA Army specialist unit in connection with neglect and maltreatment of horses, the National...
Lack of care and ill-health sees more SAASIC horses put down
Moving SA Army equine assets to a reasonably remote site north of Pretoria from Potchefstroom for better management has not worked and 13 horses...
SAASIC cruelty to animals case waiting for a court date
The discovery last year of equine maltreatment at the SA Army Specialist Infantry Capability (SAASIC) base led to horses moved elsewhere, others put down...
Lack of information on SAASIC horses leads to Parliamentary question
The mercy killing of horses used and supposedly cared for by the SA Army's Specialist infantry Capability (SAASIC) as well as apparent...
SAASIC and SAPS horses – worlds apart
Potchefstroom in North West is an equine centre for the country's top two security agencies – the SA National Defence Force (SANDF)...
More SAASIC horses taken into NSPCA care
It doesn't appear to get better at the Potchefstroom-headquartered SA Army Specialist Infantry Capability (SAASIC) unit with another seven horses removed from...
Sixty-nine horses removed from SAASIC
Animal welfare, especially that of horses, appears not to rate a high priority in the SA Army. Confirmation of this comes with...
SAASIC horse deaths board of inquiry report complete
The board of inquiry appointed by SA Army Chief, Lieutenant General Lindile Yam, to investigate what appears to be dereliction of duty...
National animal welfare body says it’s in the dark about army...
The National Council of SPCAs is "perturbed by the lack of interest" shown by government and the SA National Defence Force (SANDF)...
