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DieVluit: Amazing facts. I'm proud of you! All Nigerians are. You sure told me. You're smart.Please don't mind me... Keep farting your brains out.. It's a free world after all |
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DieVluit: Oh wow! You're so on point right now. Look at all those amazing facts in your post.Yeah.. They're facts right? Thanks ![]() |
DieVluit: Dude,speak for Nigeria. Not SA. SA would not have helped set up your auto manufacturing industry if you were telling the truth. Your story makes no sense. A detainee from Abuja has implicated your intelligence. You're just speculating. There's weapons export controls in SA.Keep sh1tting your brains out.. ![]() Kee |
DieVluit: The Nigerians were trying to buy weapons in South Africa. But they were too shamed to come out in the open and say it. They tried to get in secretly. Now their $10 million has been confiscated because our intelligence seems to be one up against theirs.And when you get tired of posting music videos in a military argument, this is what you do... Excreting through your brain.. Kudos ![]() |
neighy: Nigeria intelligence travels Incognito to buy weapon illegaly? The fact is Nigeria n S.A bin avoidin EachOda buh WatcHinG EachOda... N datx cox of both countries #EGO... BUH AI dnt tink it az gotin to d point of WEAPON SMUGGLINGBro, please this isn't bbm or WhatsApp. Try to type properly so we can get your message. Thanks |
Mr man don't be stup1d, you don't need anyone to explain to you that that weapon must be among those that fell into boko harams hands in other battles. People like you make it seem like Nigerians intellectually lazy. |
Lies. Is it not the same Cameroon that claimed they had rescued their deputy PM's wife. Although I must commend them, they know the effect of propaganda warfare in counter insurgency. Something our old school soviet styled military is yet to adapt to. If na true, well-done. If na lie, make una take am easy o. |
Centrifude: Yeah,yeah same dumb excuses everyday, C.A.R South fought against Seleka and they were mixed with Civilians, so stop talking nonsenseYeah and who ended up fleeing? |
iconize: If south Africa face half of what Nigeria had faced and is facing, south Africa would cease to exist!They couldn't handle the small war in CAR and fled like scared dogs. SANDF is nothing but a retirement home for old ANC veterans |
patches689: We train them in bush warfareYeah, we also trained US Marines how to fight in creeks and swamps with accurate fire. Still doesn't put us on par with them. Sometimes I wonder if your brain is bigger than a walnut ![]() |
http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/williamsaundersonmeyer/2014/03/29/time-for-the-sandf-to-slim-down-and-shape-up/ It’s not a national secret that the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) is in serious trouble. Its barracks are unfit for human habitation, it has been haemorrhaging expertise and its soldiers teetered on the brink of mutiny in a protest march on the Union Buildings So when the government’s leaked long-term military strategy review reports a “critical state of decline”, it’s merely stating what has been obvious for at least a decade. According to a study by Gerhard Louw of Stellenbosch University, drawing on the 2012 Defence Review, says the SANDF is“critically deficient in the skill, motivation, and ethos that is required to operate a ‘modern system’,” given that it has to “retain human resources that are no longer employable in an operational capacity, which exacerbates the DOD’s relentless exodus of technically skilled and professionally qualified personnel … average standards of military proficiency are therefore continuously decreasing”. The defence review, which Reuters news agency this week quotes extensively from, has been accepted by the cabinet but not yet released. It states that even if urgent action were taken immediately, it would take at least a decade to remedy the neglect. What is needed is “massive investment”, with the defence budget potentially doubling from R14-billion last year to R40bn by 2014. This, it says soothingly, is a mere 1% of gross domestic product (GDP), a ratio “well below” equivalent nations. In fact, should South Africa want to be truly safe, it should spend R116-billion a year, or 3.3% of GDP, on the military. What a load of bollocks. What the SANDF needs is not simply more money, more matériel, and more men, but to start using existing resources better. The SANDF needs to slim down and shape up. First, there’s the ballooning 97 000-strong muster. A modern military is not a retirement home at which to park one’s aged liberation war cadres who are no longer fit for purpose. South Africa has the oldest infantry troops in the world but the SANDF says it can conceive of no “humane exit mechanism” to thin its ranks. Then there’s weaponry. Not surprisingly, the top brass and the defence contractors are at one that SA needs more “heavy-combat ability”, presumably tanks and attack helicopters. Unfortunately, the SANDF is already sitting with an array of expensive hardware that it cannot deploy, either because it lacks the skilled crews – hence 12 mothballed Gripen aircraft – or because it can’t afford the running costs. That raises the use that these men and matériel are put to. The air force, for example, has been reduced to being a flying limousine service for African National Congress politicians. The government refuses to reveal the cost of flights by the president and the deputy-president on “security grounds”. However, it’s a fact that while the SAAF’s helicopter squadrons receive a generous allocation for VIP flights – last year the Durban-based 15 Squadron got 300 hours flying time to ferry the Zuma entourage to and from Nkandla – they get very little for training and nothing at all for sea and mountain rescue. Finally, there is the extent of the SANDF’s mandate. The military’s first duty is to protect our borders. Anything else is not only a costly addition, but detracts from it being able to execute its primary function. The government, however, is increasingly using the SANDF as an extension of diplomacy, to project power elsewhere in Africa. That’s a dangerous vortex. That’s a thankless task. Most critically, that’s futile – there are always more places to intervene and interests to protect than there is taxpayer money. Ask the citizens of the United States. So while the occasional humanitarian intervention might be a necessary and worthy undertaking, South African troops are being deployed far too readily and for far too long. The review argues that the shift from securing territorial integrity to achieving diplomatic goals as a compelling reason for bigger budgets. At present levels of expenditure, “the military cannot underpin Pretoria’s diplomatic and commercial expansion in Africa … There must either be a greater budget allocation or a significantly scaled-down level of ambition and commitment”. In case we don’t grasp the urgency, it warns: “Old colonial powers such as France, and new economic ones such as China, are flexing their muscles.” Americans, again, will recognise the threatening bogeyman tactic, the justification of every act of US military adventurism, stretching back at least a century. The generals are naturally keen on the iron-hand-in-velvet-glove philosophy. It gives the troops battle experience and a chance to play – costs covered by the African Union or, more accurately, the United Nations – with expensive toys that otherwise would otherwise never be taken out of storage. They might even get to go with Big Daddy to buy more lekker goodies. That’s all far more exciting than the simple but boring stuff that the SANDF command should actually do: improve morale, training and discipline. That would mean investing less in cutting-edge military technology and more in old-fashioned Sergeant-Majors. I know sey some people go dey vex sey I don show ![]() |
An HIV infested military. They'll just die before firing a bullet ![]() Johannesburg - A case of two former SA National Defence Force recruits who lost their jobs allegedly because they were HIV-positive will be heard in the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria on Tuesday. "The two women recruits who had undergone two years of training did not have their contracts renewed after they tested HIV-positive," Section27 executive director Mark Heywood said in a statement. The two applicants were joined by SA Security Forces Union and the SA National Defence Union. "The applicants will argue through their lawyers at Section27 that the military's health classification discriminates against HIV-positive individuals through their refusal to admit them into their core service system and their military skills development system without taking into account individuals' state of health or their competency to perform their jobs," Heywood said. He said the applicants would also argue that the SANDF had failed to deal with evidence from a study about HIV. The study showed that an adult with HIV in South Africa who qualifies, medically, for anti-retroviral treatment, commenced treatment when his or her CD4 count was above 200 and had been adherent for a period of more than 24 months had a near normal life expectancy. "Over 100 Treatment Action Campaign activists and union members are set to protest outside court," Heywood said. |
Western Cape police would not confirm on Thursday that 31 people arrested in an Oudtshoorn shebeen were soldiers. "This office can confirm the arrest of 31 people at an unlicensed liquor premises in Oudtshoorn on Friday... during a search operation," Lt-Col Andre Traut said. "The employment status of the arrested people, who were released on an admission of guilt fine, cannot be disclosed or verified." The Star earlier reported that a military general resorted to intimidation to get arrested soldiers out of police custody. The general reportedly went to the police station in Bongolethu, Oudtshoorn, but when officers refused to release the soldiers he allegedly called the base and about 120 armed troops arrived. Police locked the door and armed themselves, according to the report. There was no shooting and the soldiers were released. Traut on Thursday could not confirm this. "We can further confirm that SAPS [SA police Service] are investigating a case of intimidation against three individuals whose employment can also not be verified," he said. Source : Sapa /gq/hdw/jk/jje Date : 22 May 2014 14:05 |
SANDU accuses SANDF of unlawful threat and deployment of troops against SAPS Media statement: SANDU is utterly dismayed at the reports from several soldiers and policemen in Oudtshoorn to our Head Office, of a certain Army general who, whilst allegedly intoxicated, unlawfully mobilised armed soldiers and armoured infantry fighting vehicles in order to free a senior ranking SANDF officer and several other soldiers, arrested in a police raid on a notorious illegal shebeen, in Bongilethu on Saturday night, from police custody. SANDU is equally dismayed at the fact that the SANDF has up to now failed to take any measures to deal with the army General involved in what can only be described as military backed armed insurrection against the SAPS. In fact, even if steps are taken now, it would only be because this incident has been exposed in the media. We challenge the Chief of the SANDF to illustrate that management members are not treated differently from the ordinary rank and file, who often get suspended for alleged minor infringements. The force and speed with which the military management targeted the officers in the Guptagate affair, as opposed to the current lack of action, shows bias in favour of political expediency and party political interests. SANDU is informed that soldiers in Oudtshoorn were warned by military authorities to remain silent about this incident or face disciplinary measures. We demand that the SANDF immediately suspends the general involved and investigate charges of intimidation and sedition against him. Clearly his conduct displays utter abuse of rank and the belief that he is above the law. In addition, his conduct illustrates that he cannot be trusted in a position of military authority and that he is irresponsible and dangerous, being in command of military personnel and equipment. Should the SANDF fail to take steps against the general involved, SANDU will lay charges of sedition against him in the public interest and pursue the matter to its full finality. Adv JG (Pikkie) GREEFF NATIONAL SECRETARY: SANDU http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/content.php/8447-SANDU-accuses-SANDF-of-unlawful-threat-and-deployment-of-troops-against-SAPS Hehehehehehehe.... Smouth afruka carefully hid this one from international eyes.. But not from me ![]() |
Na small small extremists dey start. Well one to south Africa my dear bombers . Cape Town - It appears that Woolworths was not the target of a bombing near one of its branches in Cape Town, the retail group said on Friday. It said that CCTV footage showed a man walking past the Woolworths food store in Kromboom Road, Athlone, and placing a device outside a neighbouring store. Several stores were damaged. There were no injuries. Western Cape police are investigating but would not elaborate on Woolworths latest statement, said spokesperson Captain FC van Wyk. No arrests have been made, Van Wyk said. A second pipe bomb exploded near a car dealership in nearby Belgravia Road also on Friday morning. The City of Cape Town's fire and rescue services told Eyewitness News they were called to Belgravia Road after an apparent explosion. They found a car was on fire, and bystanders said it had exploded. eNCA reporter Lester Kiewit said that there were similar pipe-bombings at two auto dealerships in Athlone in August last year |
Henry120: Chinese republic of South-Africa. I see your chinese masters have again ordered your government to refuse/deny visa to the dalia lama.Bwahahahahahahahaha.. Chinese republic of south africa ![]() |
THIS PROBABLY SUMS IT UP ![]() [size=14pt]The South African National Defense Force - A Military in Freefall[/size] Despite an eagerness to use the South African National Defense Force (SANDF) as a means of projecting the nation's influence abroad, there is evidence that South Africa's government has so neglected or mismanaged its military assets that it may soon be unable to defend itself, much less engage in international adventures. Last year, Roelf Meyer, the chairman of South Africa's defense review committee, identified a number of strategic goals for the SANDF, including: · Maintaining the security of South Africa's borders; · Promoting peace and security in Africa; · Assisting civil authorities in policing or anti-poaching efforts; · Establishing South Africa as a responsible leading member of the African Union; · Responding to new regional threats such as piracy (Business Day [Johannesburg], April 13, 2012). However, with a reduced force size and inadequate resources, the SANDF will soon have difficulty meeting most of these goals. [b]Life in the South African military is not seen as desirable by many potential recruits. Pay can be erratic, HIV rates are as high as 25% (making these troops unavailable for external deployment) and an estimated 35% of South Africa's military barracks have been classed as unfit for human occupation since 2007 (Mail & Guardian [Johannesburg], April 21, 2012). Without money to operate sophisticated equipment, skilled staff continue to flee at the end of their enlistment and there is little opportunity for new recruits to train in skills useful in the civilian world. Parliament's Joint Standing Committee on Defense has described abuse of women in the SANDF as "common," adding that many female recruits have been impregnated by their instructors (BUAnews, November 26, 2011). Racial abuse of black subordinates by white senior officers also remains a problem 19 years into the integration process. South African troops are unionized and have at times clashed with police during pay disputes[/b]. With the 2012 defense budget of $3.8 billion still far below the 2 percent of GDP required to maintain the armed forces, the South African defense department began looking at other ways of generating income, including contracting out soldiers to municipalities to do various labor and infrastructure repair projects. The department also created the Defense Estate Management agency to lease or sell-off defense department lands. Much of the land owned by the SANDF came by way of British government endowments of military facilities made on the condition that they could only be used for defense purposes Politicization of the military is still a problem in South Africa. There has been speculation that the current chief of the SANDF, Angolan-trained Lieutenant General Solly Zacharia Shoke, received his appointment as a result of his history as a commander in Umkhonto we Sizwe, the ANC's military wing (SAPA, May 11, 2011). Umkhonto we Sizwe forces were integrated into the newly formed SANDF between 1994 and 2004. An investigative commission recently declared that the SANDF was too politicized, a situation typified by former Defense Minister Lindiwe Sisulu's preference for wearing SANDF uniforms at public occasions A sometimes unaccountable procurement process remains a problem for the South African military; last year the political opposition revealed over $7.75 billion had passed through a defense department slush fund that had failed to reveal to parliament how the money had been spent (Johannesburg Times, April 18, 2012). The army has been overlooked in recent acquisition programs and is close to finding itself equipped with obsolete equipment in terms of armored personnel carriers, logistics vehicles and main battle tanks South Africa's once-effective air force has new aircraft but cannot afford the fuel and maintenance needed to keep them in the air. Despite this, one element of the air force that did see extensive time in the air was Squadron 21, charged with flying South African VIPs and government ministers. Former defense minister Lindiwe Sisilu booked 203 flights over three years in chartered luxury Gulfstream jets at an estimated cost of $4.5 million. Some 63 of the flights were empty, as they were intended solely to pick the minister up somewhere and take her to another destination in what one opposition critic described as "a staggering waste of money" While government ministers travel in luxury, the South African Air Force (SAAF) still transports troops in 70-year-old Dakota aircraft. One of these, a Dakota C47TP (an upgraded DC-3 with turbine engines) crashed, claiming 11 lives when it was unable to fly above inclement weather. The crash came shortly after the military decided it could no longer afford a maintenance contract for its military aircraft (SAPA, December 6, 2012; Sunday Times [Johannesburg], December 10, 2012). World War II-era Dakotas also continue to be used for surveillance of South Africa's 3,900 kilometer coastline in the absence of modern surveillance aircraft. Meanwhile, 26 new Swedish-built Gripen fighter-jets, purchased at a cost of R10 billion (approximately $1 billion), average only two hours in the air each week; not enough to keep the machines in operable condition and far from the 10 hours of flight-time each week considered necessary to keep pilots well-trained Former SAAF chief Lieutenant General Carlo Gagiano retired in 2012 after trying to resign in late 2011 during his hospitalization for stress as he continued to try unsuccessfully to find enough money for the fuel and maintenance to keep the SAAF in the air. His successor, Lieutenant General Fabian Zimpande Msimang (the first black chief of the SAAF) will have trouble keeping all but executive travel jets in the air if current funding problems continue The once formidable South African navy now spends little time at sea. Replacement parts and maintenance budgets barely exist, leaving only one of the navy's four new frigates operational and only one its four new submarines able to put out to sea (Sunday Times [Johannesburg], December 10, 2012). South African Navy ships and SAAF aircraft carry out anti-piracy operations in the Mozambique Channel, though this mission is also threatened by underfunding. Despite economic troubles and a collapsing military, South Africa still desires to be a major player in Africa, which encourages it to commit to missions that stretch the military's capacity to its breaking point. Unless current trends are reversed, the steady transformation of the SANDF into an assembly of riot police and border guards will be completed in just a few years. Geography and reputation have left South Africa with few external enemies, but it is also extremely wealthy in various resources. South Africa was only cobbled together from various constituent parts a little more than a century ago, and it would not be surprising if a general collapse of South Africa's security infrastructure invited the emergence of secessionist movements drawing on both domestic and external inspiration. South Africa's eventual inability to project force beyond its borders will also have important implications for regional security in sub-Saharan Africa. This report was compiled by JAMESTOWN FOUNDATION and cited from "Terrorism Monitor Volume: 11 Issue: 2" bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha... oh my sides the dakota part cracked my ribs ![]() |
Now I see why seleka feasted on sandf and made them run back to Soweto like scared dogs . And why they needed Tanzanian protection in drc ![]() Weak Leadership And Silence On Loss Of SAndf Skills RAFEEK SHAH, MP DA SPOKESPERSON FOR DEFENCE An average of 187 skilled and experienced technicians and 24 pilots of the South African Air Force (SAAF) resign annually. According to a parliamentary reply (1), we are experiencing a steady loss of skills and experience, which has serious implications for force readiness, the maintenance of equipment and weaponry, and the supervision of subordinate members. The Democratic Alliance (DA) wrote a letter to the previous Minister of Defence asking for details on what is being done to address the ongoing loss of critical skills in the military, as well as for details of a contingency plan which will guarantee that our defence capability is not compromised. To date, the DA has not received any reply. In September 2008, we called upon the new Minister, Charles Nqakula, to tell the public what he intended to do about the loss of military skills. To date, we have heard nothing. Repeatedly, we see clear evidence of weak and ineffective leadership in critical issues. Is the Minister going to wait until there is no one left before he acts? Since 2004: ? There have been 94 resignations by pilots, and all of these were of the rank Second Lieutenant and higher; ? There have been 746 resignations by SAAF technical personnel and of these, 51 resignations were of the rank Second Lieutenant and higher; ? There have been 114 resignations from Command and Control (2), and of these 40 were of the rank Second Lieutenant and higher. We can clearly see that there is a steady loss of skills and experience from the SAAF every year. While the military is bringing in new members through the Military Skills Development System (MSDS), this system merely replaces bodies but not skills and experience. The loss of senior experienced personnel also affects the ability of the military to develop young military leadership by example and skills transfer. We want to see clear, decisive action being taken by the Minister to assure us that something is being done to address this issue. We repeat our calls for the Minister to address the public on this matter and for a full audit to be done to determine why people are resigning. (1) Parliamentary Reply No. 1476/2008 (2) Command and Control provides operationally ready command and control elements in support of air battle space operations |
AugustineAgain: Proves South Africans claim of killing many Seleka Rebels is false, the only photos of dead men we see from the battle of Bangui are South African soldiers (With due respect to the dead).Bros, na sign of frustration you dey see so ![]() |
CraigB: Pictures of a dead enemy scream desperation. When all else has failed, be vulgar, why don't you?Are you trying to tell us that all those while you were posting pictures of dead civilians means you were desperate as well? Your usual piggy stink stink I guess ![]() |
patches689: His is hilariously stupi.dSo your foolishness hasn't ended while the year is about to? America already had decades of conventional and unconventional war experience before they cleared Iraq. Don't compare apples and oranges fool. And by the way, America won almost all it's wars where it's enemies surrendered. Which one has smouth Africa won. You never cease to amaze me with your foolish and childish evasive tactics ![]() |
Some old pics to spice things up ![]() NA special forces
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agaugust: Sounds like you have started mating a frog as I suggested ![]() |
Alfred234: Who knows how I can setup Cortana on my 630?Cortana can only work if you change your region the USA. Do it and restart the phone, it will show. The phone is truly worth more than the price. |
Now this is a military with ballz . Our own na to dey lie for NTA dem sabi. . |
Elxandre: well, you have to update to windows phone 8.1 to access this functionality!It's a Lumia 630 with windows 8.1. |
denisfidha: Rwanda special forcesNice. I heard they are trained by the US military(can't say which arm though). |
ayukdaboss: Hi,I've already tried what you suggested and it's too frustrating I guess that will be my only regret with windows cos there are instances where i need to attach more than one file at once. I believe there has to be a way around it. Abeg e too early for me to start regretting my choice to ditch android for windows. Thanks anyway. Hopefully someone who knows how to go about it will help out. |
Please o. Experienced Lumia users should help me cos I just switched from android to windows. So I bought a Lumia 630 which has windows 8.1. If I try to attach documents to my email or any website my OneDrive only gives me options for photos. I have all Microsoft accounts including OneDrive. Please, I've tried everything. But I still be jjc. Any help? Cos I use email alot and attachment Is very important. Please MOD I'll be very grateful if this topic is moved to FrontPage so I cam get the necessary assistance. Thanks |
Please o. Experienced Lumia users should help me cos I just switched from android to windows. So I bought a Lumia 630 which has windows 8.1. If I try to attach documents to my email or website my OneDrive only gives me options for photos. Please, I've tried everything. But I still be jjc. Any help? Cos I use email alot and attachment is very important. |

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