Tag: Pieter Groenewald

Viewed objectively, the hue and cry in connection with the arrest of 95 Libyans, apparently in South Africa under false pretences and undergoing what...

Freedom Front Plus (FF+) leader Pieter Groenewald “hopes” the latest brouhaha in the Department of Defence (DoD)/SA National Defence Force (SANDF) axis will be...

Freedom Front Plus (FF+) leader Pieter Groenewald maintains the deaths of four South African soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in a...

Almost all weapons lost or stolen from SA National Defence Force (SANDF) units since the 2019/20 financial year to December last year are either...

Freedom Front Plus (FF+) leader Pieter Groenewald maintains South African government entities ranging from the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) through to the police...

Continuing attacks – and murders – of farmers and their workers was under the spotlight in the National Assembly (NA) this week with a...

Police Minister Bheki Cele, by way of his National Commissioner General Fannie Masemola, did not give a direct answer to a Parliamentary question asked...

Freedom Front Plus (FF+) leader Pieter Groenewald, while noting the Lady R judicial inquiry is preparing its report, will again question the Defence and...

Last week’s arrival of a Russian Il-76 transport at Air Force Base (AFB) Waterkloof is, according to two opposition political parties, not good for...

Freedom Front Plus (FF+) leader Pieter Groenewald will pose further questions to Defence and Military Veterans Minister Thandi Modise on the Cuban connection with...

Robbing police stations has, Freedom Front Plus (FF+) leader Pieter Groenewald maintains, become “a large source of illegal firearms”. He was responding to Police Minister...

The Freedom Front Plus (FF+) recorded eight farm murders in the six week period following a court ruling that the “kill the boer” song...

The South African government only has itself to blame for “invasions” of military facilities and land, maintains Freedom Front Plus (FF+) leader Pieter Groenewald. The...

Freedom Front Plus (FF+) leader Pieter Groenewald will not bother the SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) as regards a poster he maintains incites violence. Defence...

The SA Police Service (SAPS) is turning to the sky for assistance with crime prevention in the form of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The soon...

Sabotage as the cause of Sunday’s fire at Air Force Base (AFB) Waterkloof was unequivocally ruled out by senior communication officers from both the...

South Africans have lived under various alert levels in compliance with government edicts in terms of a national state of disaster since March last...

A major impression, apart from police and soldiers doing their best to keep a lid on possible further looting and violence in KwaZulu-Natal, is...

The dropping of illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition charges against the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) Surgeon General does not signify an...

President Cyril Ramaphosa is to be personally appraised of the worsening rural safety and security situation by letter and steps have been proposed to...

Weapons stolen from the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) have been used in cash in transit heists, Defence and Military Veterans...

Farm attacks and murders will be debated in Parliament. This assurance was given to Freedom Front Plus (FF+) leader Pieter Groenewald by...

It's taken 11 years but the persistence of Freedom Front Plus MPs has paid off with statistics on farm attacks and murders...

Freedom Front Plus (FF+) leader Dr Pieter Groenewald told a hurriedly called Parliamentary debate on murder that every murder in South Africa...

Freedom Front Plus (FF+) leader, Pieter Groenewald, concerned about the high murder rate in South Africa is worried the even higher rate...

Police Minister Fikile Mbalula's admission he is thinking of approaching the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) for support is "as good as...

Those tasked with protecting defence property – the military police – were among SA National Defence Force (SANDF) elements which reported losses...

Government is again being taken to task for not doing enough to secure people in rural areas after a 73-year-old farmer's wife...

A Democratic Alliance (DA) MP wants to know how many farm murders will be enough for government to take action, with another...

South Africa's agricultural community, providers of much of the country's food needs, remains firmly in the sights of criminals with 47 murders...

National Assembly Speaker, Baleka Mbete, has done an about turn and there will be a debate on farm murders in Parliament. FF+ leader,...

The recent spate of farm attacks and murders has apparently not been sufficient to galvanise Parliament into action with a request for...

Defence and Military Veterans Minister, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula's wish for a national defence force that is demographically representative of South Africa has fallen...

The loss of weapons and other military equipment, taken from soldiers on guard duty at Tempe military base last August, has been...

The SA National Defence Force (SANDF) had just on 33,000 rounds of ammunition lost or stolen in the financial years 2013/14 and...

Encouraging white South Africans to join the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) is not "honourable," Freedom Front Plus (FF+) defence spokesman Pieter...

Both the Democratic Alliance (DA) and the Freedom Front Plus (FF+) have made it clear South Africa's military needs to be properly...

"What happened to the professional and disciplined defence force the ANC inherited when it came to power in 1994?" was the question...

The outbreak of xenophobic attacks which has seen the military mobilised as part of government's an all-out attempt to normalise the situation...

South African security forces in the form of the national defence force and the police service had almost nine times as many...

Tongue firmly in cheek, but meaning every word, the Democratic Alliance's shadow police minister is willing to "bestow" a fifth medal on...

In January this year Freedom Front Plus defence and security spokesman Pieter Groenewald warned of the danger of political correctness becoming subservient...

The South African National Defence Force (SANDF), which should be saving lives, is becoming an "armed welfare service which is saving jobs,"...

Calls for the suspension of an Army general following his apparent personal involvement in attempting to have arrested soldiers released from police...

Defence and Military Veterans Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula's comments as regards the shortcomings of the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) are "no surprise". This...

Former national servicemen who registered as military veterans will remain on the national veterans' database and be in line for benefits if...

An apparently arbitrary decision to remove former national servicemen's names from the military veterans' database has been met with demands for a...

At least two of the latest round of senior promotions in the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) show expertise is subservient to...

All is not well when it comes to security clearances in the SA National Defence Force (SANDF). This is the conclusion drawn by...

An indication of the priority rating, or lack of it, attached to the Defence Review comes from Shadow Defence and Military Veterans...