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Half-Billion-Rand Army Day spectacle exposes Defence priorities in crisis | SA News

English and Afrikaans soundbites by Chris Hattingh MP.

  • The Army Day spectacle likely cost close to R500 million and must be fully disclosed.
  • Meanwhile, the SANDF is failing core duties, with grounded aircraft, stalled projects, and collapsing healthcare.
  • South Africa needs jobs and services, not military pageantry, and any rule-breaking will face consequences.

The Army Day spectacle, reported as costing about R370 million, has become a symbol of how defence priorities have gone wrong at a time of tight budgets, falling readiness and stretched resources.

That figure alone is shocking. And once the usual hidden costs are added, it simply does not hold.

While the Department of Defence…

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