Tag: Works Formation
Military artisan technical allowance legal issue drags on
Technical allowances for Department of Defence (DoD) artisans remain a legal matter in progress, with Sandu (SA National Defence Union) waiting for heads of...
Further legal action possible over Works Formation technical allowances
What military trade union Sandu (SA National Defence Union) described as a win for Works Formation artisans successfully claiming against stopped technical allowances is,...
Works Formation artisans hold skills “Olympics”
Aiming to properly execute its mandate of, among others, construction, maintenance and repair, a Department of Defence (DoD) Works Formation prestige week is currently...
Ninety-six percent of DoD/SANDF buildings need maintenance
The malaise running through Minister Thandi Modise’s Department of Defence (DoD) and the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) stretches from prime mission equipment through...
Artisan “defensive clothing” coming for Works Formation
Those tasked with ensuring military facilities are up to standard for their various intended purposes reside in the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) Works...
SANDF supports Youth Week
Minister Thandi Modise’s Department of Defence and Military Veterans (DoDMV) is this week doing its bit for young people by way of Defence Youth...
National defence force divorcing Public Works and Infrastructure
South Africa’s military facilities are the grounds for divorce proceedings currently underway between the Department of Defence (DoD) and Minister Patricia de Lille’s Department...
KZN infantry soldier shot and killed in Pretoria
What was to be a break from duty for KwaZulu-Natal-based infantry soldiers at the weekend turned disastrous with one shot and killed and two...
Op Chariot in KZN drawing to a close
Six months ago, large parts of KwaZulu-Natal were hit by torrential rain resulting in widespread – and damaging – flooding. As has become common...
KZN Op Chariot deployment to end in September
The deployment of military personnel in the wake of April’s devastating floods in KwaZulu-Natal is set to end in mid-September according to Major General...
KZN regional Works Unit integral to provincial recovery
The building and construction skills in the ranks of the South African National Defence Force's Regional Works Unit, KwaZulu-Natal, was and is still being...
Thaba Tshwane municipal management is Works Formation responsibility
The Works Formation of the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) has an additional tasking – that of managing municipal services in Thaba Tshwane, the...
Defence Works Formation planning session has DoD facilities in its sights
Ten years ago, then SA Army chief (now retired SANDF chief) Solly Shoke decided it was time the military took caring for its facilities...
SANDF wants to maintain own facilities Parliamentary committee hears
That South Africa’s top soldier is no fan of the department once known as “government’s landlord” is common knowledge across the defence sector and...
SANDF Works Formation getting into gear
That the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) is at last going it alone when it comes to infrastructure and facilities was...
