News24 | 'We have to act immediately': Gigaba says SANDF faces crisis in next decade with no major investment

News24 | 'We have to act immediately': Gigaba says SANDF faces crisis in next decade with no major investment

South Africa’s armed forces will be in crisis if the current disinvestment continues.

New era of collaboration between education and defence

By Levy Masiteng  Higher Education and Training Minister Nobuhle Nkabane and Defence and Military Veterans Minister Angie Motshekga have joined forces to get young South Africans interested the SA National Defence Force and ensure that it is future ready, The two departments hosted a historic career expo at Tempe military base in Bloemfontein on Friday. “This Defence Career Expo is both timely and important, in a world characterised by constant …

Gigaba makes a case for military funding

By Simon Nare The SA National Defence Force needs an urgent cash injection as it has been underfunded for years, according to Parliament’s joint standing committee on defence chairperson, Malusi Gigaba. Addressing the peace and security parliamentary press briefing in Cape Town on Thursday, Gigaba said while funding was on the decline, SANDF’s missions had expanded both locally and internationally over the years. These missions included deployme…

Parliamentary committee raises alarms over SANDF budget cuts, security readiness - defenceWeb

Chairperson of the Joint Standing Committee on Defence, Malusi Gigaba, has delivered a candid assessment of the state of South Africa’s defence capability, warning that persistent underfunding threatens not only the country’s ability to defend its borders but also its international credibility and economic growth potential. Speaking during a media briefing in Parliament on Thursday 10 April, Gigaba laid out an ambitious oversight agenda for the …