Tag: Umzimvubu Regiment

More than 800 volunteers who responded to a callup during the July 2021 unrest will finally be paid, three years and two Boards of...

Providing an update on the yet to be finally resolved Umzimvubu Regiment July 2021 call-up, SA Army Chief, Lieutenant General Lawrence Mbatha, told parliamentarians...

It’s two years plus since the disastrous Umzimvubu Regiment Operation Prosper call-up and there’s still no satisfactory outcome for 815 Reserve Force soldiers as...

Longevity-wise, the 2021 Umzimvubu Regiment call-up saga is a far cry from the ‘Stalingrad tactics’ of Jacob Zuma’s legal team but the most recent...

There appears to be no satisfactory end in sight for Umzimvubu Regiment soldiers still waiting to be paid after two years – and two...

It’s taken close on two years to settle issues, ranging from deaths, no pay and bad living conditions, around a Reserve Force unit call-up. Eastern...

The chaos of a mid-2021 Reserve Force regiment Operation Prosper call-up, including a second board of inquiry (BOI), resulted in 13 recommendations, including “corrective...

Month-end– the stated deadline for Defence and Military Veterans Minister Thandi Modise to be briefed by SA National Defence Force (SANDF) leadership on the...

The sorry saga of the Umzimvubu Regiment call-up and deployment in July 2021 under Operation Prosper has seen a review called for of findings...

A disgruntled Umzimvubu Regiment officer, tasked as enlistment adjutant for an Operation Prosper enlistment call-up last July, has turned to President Cyril Ramaphosa as...

A sorry tale of men and women wanting to wear the SANDF uniform again and answer the call to serve has not been resolved...

An apparent misinterpretation of a Reserve Force call-up last year led to an SA Army board of enquiry (BOI) being convened. The unannounced and unwanted...