Tag: Thabang Makwetla

Unsavoury events in Centurion last week saw over 50 military veterans arrested with two court appearances so far at a central Pretoria correctional facility,...

Thursday night’s apparent “hostage” incident involving three of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Cabinet Ministers brought the speedy response of what has been termed “an appeasement...

The Department of Military Veterans is investigating irregular expenditure amounting to R119 million and has since placed four senior officials on precautionary suspension pending...

A high-level delegation with the Deputy Defence and Military Veterans Minister at the helm was recently at Cape Town’s Silvermine military base – one...

South Africa’s military veterans now have an own budget rather than being an add-on to the defence budget, the senior government representative with special...

Deputy Minister of Defence and Military Veterans, Thabang Makwetla, has visited Naval Base Durban (NBD), and was hosted by Southern African Shipyards, which brought...

“Modest strides”, including a thousand new houses and three memorial sites, were highlighted by the deputy minister of defence and military veterans during his...

Thabang Makwetla is no stranger to the South African defence sector having been deputy defence and military veterans minister for five years. Now back...

As from tomorrow 53 military veterans will find themselves gainfully employed in an area where South Africa is seemingly sliding backwards. Collaboration between...

Two hundred bona fide military veterans and their dependents will this year be furthering their education thanks to bursaries from the Department...