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Air Force Officer Dismissed for Hate Speech in 2018 Was Reinstated in 2019

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) has established, through a parliamentary question to the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans, Angie Motshekga, that an air force major dismissed in 2018 for serious hate speech was reinstated less than a year later. Mayor M. V. (Vincent) Mohlala, who was stationed at the SA Army Signal Formation […]

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The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) has established, through a parliamentary question to the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans, Angie Motshekga, that an air force major dismissed in 2018 for serious hate speech was reinstated less than a year later.

Mayor M. V. (Vincent) Mohlala, who was stationed at the SA Army Signal Formation at Wonderboom military base, posted the following on social media in 2018 after the murder of emeritus professor Cobus Naudé (76):

“[They] Should actually have poked out his eyes and tongue so that the last people he would ever see, were the killers … Now it is the white people’s turn.”

A military investigation found Mohlala guilty, and he was discharged from the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) on 18 May 2018.

The Freedom Front Plus was recently informed that Mohlala had been reinstated and asked Minister Motshekga, in a parliamentary question, for confirmation and the reasons for the reinstatement.

Minister Motshekga confirmed that Mohlala was indeed reinstated on 14 May 2019 – barely a year after his dismissal – but provided no background or reasons for the decision, despite being requested to do so.

In a letter dated 17 May 2018, the then Chief of the SANDF, General Solly Shoke, wrote to Mohlala (defenceWeb: Army major dismissed for hate speech on social media: 24 May 2018):

“… it has come to my attention that you have uttered words on social media that contained severe racial slurs. The words uttered showed hostility and aversion on the grounds of race.

This behaviour constituted a grave breach of military discipline and the Code of Conduct for SANDF members. It is furthermore contrary to the behaviour expected of a senior officer of the South African National Defence Force.

The words uttered by you have brought the SANDF into disrepute, therefore as a result thereof your services within the SANDF has been terminated with immediate effect.”

The Freedom Front Plus demands to know whether General’s Shoke’s view and statements regarding the matter are no longer valid, and will keep insisting that the Minister provide reasons for Mohlala’s reinstatement.

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