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> South African Army collapses under Third World rule
>
> The South African Defense Force, once the strongest army on the
> African continent, has dissolved into anarchy since the introduction
> of Black rule in 1994, with less than half of its "soldiers" being
> medically fit; an AIDS rate estimated to be in the region of 60
> percent; and its equipment readiness level dropping to the point
> where the country has only four tanks and eight armored cars left to
> defend itself.
>
> The decline in the fortunes of the SA Army began after the handover
> of power to the ANC in 1994, when members of the armed wings of both
> the ANC, and a smaller more radical black movement, the PAC, were
> incorporated into the renamed South African National Defense Force
> (SANDF). These two armed wings were known as MK and APLA
> respectively.
>
> BLACK RACISM KILLS WHITE SOLDIERS
>
> Signs of racial enmity within the ranks of the SANDF, driven by the
> presence of former MK and APLA cadres, boiled over into naked
> murderous anti-white sentiment in 1999, when on 16 September of that
> year, a former APLA guerilla who had been inducted into the SANDF,
> killed eight white soldiers at the Tempe military base in
> Bloemfontein. (1)
>
> A special police investigations team were "reluctantly forced to
> admit" that Lieutenant Sibusiso Madubela, 28, had brushed aside
> black colleagues to kill six white officers and a white civilian
> woman and wound five white soldiers. (2)
>
> Since then, white soldiers in the SANDF have been slowly but surely
> squeezed out, leaving an overwhelming black staffed army in place -
> with sad but predictable consequences.
>
> RUINED STATE OF THE SANDF REVEALED IN PARLIAMENT
>
> According to a South African parliamentary subcommittee briefing on
> defense, held in July 2002, the SANDF suffers from the following
> problems:
>
> - More than half of South Africa's 76,000 soldiers are medically
> unfit and the SANDF is in a "serious crisis". (3)
>
> - Of its 76,000 troops, the SANDF could deploy only one operational
> brigade of 3,000 men. (4)
>
> - It was "impossible" to deploy 19 regular army companies and 23
> reserve platoons because of a lack of funds. (5)
>
> - Training had virtually come to a halt. (6)
>
> - Equipment was in a deplorable state, with only four out of 168
> Olifant tanks and eight of 242 Rooikat armored cars still
> operational. (7)
>
> - Lack of funds had caused a shortage of fuel. In the air force,
> funds were allocated for only 2,400 flying hours instead of the
> 7,200 requested, and pilots were resigning in droves. "The air force
> usually runs out of aviation fuel every September," said a member of
> the portfolio committee. (8)
>
> - Reduction of the armed forces from 104,000 in 1994 to the present
> 76,000 had involved massive cash payouts. This had turned the
> defense force into "an armed welfare department", said Hendrik
> Schmidt, a DA portfolio committee member. (9)
>
> - The defense force was seriously top-heavy, with a ratio of one
> general for every 293 men, compared with a general for every 2,000
> men in the United States army. (10)
>
> - More than 52 percent of the defense force budget was spent on
> personnel costs and only 0.5 percent on new equipment. (11)
>
> - AIDS is a major problem. The portfolio committee was told that
> seven out of every 10 deaths in the armed forces were AIDS -related.
> (12)
>
> - A medical specialist at one of the country's military hospitals
> said six out of every 10 soldiers tested HIV-positive after being
> admitted to hospital, and that an AIDS infection rate of 60 percent
> was "feasible". (13)
>
> BAD TEETH
>
> Other details of the decline in the effectiveness of the SANDF seem
> almost comical in nature: For example, "dental reasons" have reduced
> the number of troops that can be deployed internationally at 1 SA
> Infantry Battalion in Bloemfontein, from 612 to a mere 138, the
> unit's commander, Colonel TC Mokhosi, told another parliamentary
> subcommittee in August 2002. (14)
>
> This means that a total of 474 soldiers in 1 SA Infantry Battalion,
> or 77.5 percent, have bad teeth, which renders them unfit for
> service. Speculation is rife as to the cause of the bad teeth
> pandemic, with theories ranging from AIDS causes through to
> indiscipline. The SANDF has refused to comment. (15)
>
> Colonel Mokhosi also told MPs the general state of health was so
> poor that the unit received 175 sick notices a week in winter, which
> was preventing the battalion from participation in certain training
> program. (16)
>
> Many of the army's other 38,000 unfit soldiers also have dental
> problems. (17)
>
> GENERALS WITH FAKED QUALIFCATIONS
>
> It seems as if the SANDF suffers not only from bad teeth, AIDS, and
> no equipment, but also from general staff members who have faked
> their qualifications in order to land themselves plum jobs.
>
> At least two SANDF generals, Ernest Zwane and Petronella Mari, both
> former members of the ANC's armed wing, MK, were arrested in
> November 2002 for forging their tertiary qualifications. (18)
>
> In addition, police arrested two other ex-MK soldiers, a SANDF
> colonel and an ex-colonel, on charges of fraud of about R20 million
> of the SANDF demobilization fund in 2001. (19)
>
> NO PROBLEM, SAYS ANC DEFENSE MINISTER
>
> Even more comical was the reaction of the ANC's minister of defense
> to these revelations: Defense Minister Mosiuoa Lekota dismissed them
> with the comment "I remain satisfied that there is nothing we cannot
> deal with." (20)
>
> Sources:
> (1) Tempe Soldier Still Critical, Mail and Guardian, 22 Sep 1999,
> http://archive.mg.co.za/nxt/gateway.dll/DailyNews/MGO1999/3l v01541/4l
> v01699/5lv01726.htm
> (2) Countdown to slaughter, Sunday Times, 19 September 1999
> http://www.suntimes.co.za/1999/09/19/news/news18.htm
> (3 - 13) Nearly half of SA army not fit for combat, Independent
> Newspapers, 13 July 2002,
> http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?
> set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=ct20020713233046795S6506 27
> (14 - 16) Army's image dented as troops lose their bite, Independent
> Newspapers, 01 August 2002,
> http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?
> set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=qw1028182501788B231
> (17) An army of tooth tiffies could save us, Independent Newspapers,
> 08 August 2002
> http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?
> set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=qw1028782080189S300
> (18 - 19) SANDF's image tarnished, News24, 11 November 2002
> http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,6119,2-7-
> 1442_1283586,00.html
> (20) An army of tooth tiffies could save us, Independent Newspapers,
> 08 August 2002
> http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?
> set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=qw1028782080189S300
>
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