Insufficient funds hampering SANDF
(World News South Africa)

Cape Town - Questions have been raised on how the embattled SANDF can afford to spend R23 million on the deployment of 1320 soldiers to the Cape Flats. Minister of Defence and Military Veterans Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula this week sounded the alarm on the defence force´s ability to safeguard the country´s porous borders amid severe budget cuts. But as the army supports SAPS in stabilising gang-affected areas, analysts warn these budgetary constraints would put the security of the country, as well as peace-keeping missions on the continent, in jeopardy. Mapisa-Nqakula delivered her Budget...