Tag: Pikkie Greeff
Don’t blame the defence minister for SA deaths in DR Congo...
The deaths this week of another two South African soldiers in the ranks of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) peacekeeping mission to the...
SANDF responds to military trade union on ongoing legal action around...
The SA National Defence Force's (SANDF) director: corporate communication, maintains the SA National Defence Union (Sandu) has made "unfortunate insinuations" as regards...
SANDF Legal Services comes second – again – in ongoing Union...
The legal services division of the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) has been given yet another bloody nose by Sandu (SA National...
Military trade union is “provocative” – SANDF Chief
SA National Defence Force (SANDF) Chief, General Solly Shoke, maintains a SA National Defence Union (Sandu) statement on President's Jacob Zuma's apparent...
Sandu urges members to use the Nkandla military medical clinic
This week's visit to Nkandla as part of Parliamentary oversight by an ad-hoc committee brought to light that the South African National...
Corruption in SANDF demoralising soldiers – Sandu
The South African National Defence Union (Sandu) says it is demoralising for soldiers to serve in the South African National Defence Force...
Union Buildings protest cost estimated at half a billion
Attempts to prosecute soldiers who allegedly unlawfully took part in the 2009 Union Buildings protest have to date failed and, according to...
Sandu not happy about soldiers finding and arresting foreigners
The SA National Defence Union (Sandu) this week "rejected" soldiers working alongside police in the Western Cape, where they are finding and...
Military justice currently on hold
The application of justice in the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) is on hold at present while the assignment of senior military...
Sandu members cleared on charges related to Union Buildings protest
Hearings in the Military Court sitting at the Army Gymnasium in Heidelberg this week resulted in what can only be termed yet...
More public violence charges struck from the roll in ongoing Union...
Another development around the now infamous Union Buildings protest and its subsequent pre-trial and trial hearings came this week with the announcement...
SANDF reportedly looking for more white recruits
The Department of Defence (DoD) apparently plans to reverse racial quotas in the recruitment process so more whites and fewer blacks will...
Union Buildings protestors will not face public violence charges
Charges of public violence against 76 soldiers following the 2009 Union Buildings protest have been withdrawn.
The SA National Defence Union (Sandu) via...
Guptagate still dragging on
One of two SA Air Force (SAAF) officers still facing charges in connection with the landing of a private jet at AFB...
Navy transfers raise Sandu ire
The legal and personnel divisions of South Africa's military find themselves under fire, with Sandu (SA National Defence Union) taking up cudgels...
HIV positive soldiers win case against SANDF
While only three soldiers were involved in the latest legal loss suffered by the SA National Defence Force's (SANDF) legal services the...
More legal success for Sandu
Legal and other actions taken by the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) following the violent 2009 Union Buildings protest has by and...
More soldiers acquitted for Union Buildings protest
Another 38 soldiers charged with being AWOL on August 26 five years ago – the day of the unruly Union Building protest...
SANDF faces funding crisis
The SA National Defence Force (SANDF) is facing a "catastrophic" multi-billion-Rand financial crisis that could force mass retrenchments and the indefinite postponement...
SANDF and Sandu legal wrangling now at arrest warrant level
The intensity of legal wrangling between Sandu (SA National Defence Union) and the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) has now reached the...
AWOL charges withdrawn against 58 Union Buildings protestors
The SA National Defence Union (Sandu) has expressed its "extreme delight" following the withdrawal of absent without official leave (AWOL) charges against...
Guptagate still dragging on
It's been more than a year since a privately chartered aircraft landed at AFB Waterkloof and it now appears there is insufficient...
Suspended SAAF officer institutes libel action against Justice Minister
With legal proceedings apparently stonewalled as far as two SA Air Force (SAAF) officers' involvement in what has become known as Guptagate,...
Union Buildings protest trial still dragging on
Soldiers who apparently unlawfully went on a protest march to the Union Buildings in 2009 have been split into three distinct groups...
Top Sandu man wants financial compensation for alleged defamation by the...
The SA National Defence Union (Sandu), in the person of its national secretary Pikkie Greeff, has taken exception to a statement issued...
Verbal skirmishing escalates as Union Buildings trial again put on hold
Legal wrangling has again seen a delay in the ongoing trial of soldiers who protested, apparently against orders, outside the Union Buildings...
Another delay in Union Buildings protest trial
More than 600 renegade SA National Defence Force soldiers face the boot.
The 655 soldiers are part of a group of 1...
Only a handful of soldiers on trial for 2009 Union Buildings...
Four and a half years ago 1 200 soldiers were placed on special leave following a protest march to the Union Buildings...
Guptagate twists and turns
The SA National Defence Union (Sandu) has had enough of the twists and turns performed by military prosecutors in the Guptagate hearing...
Soldiers mark time waiting for legal hearings to restart
There is still no end in sight to the lengthy process of Military Court hearings against soldiers involved in the August 2009...
Court reinstates soldiers after improper dismissal
The Gauteng North High Court in Pretoria has ordered the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) to reinstate four soldiers dismissed by...