South Africa

Indefensible! SANDF splashes out R17m on suspended staff

25 September 2018 - 06:22 By Bongani Fuzile
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The SA National Defence Force has now paid more than R17m to 31 of its suspended officers and civilian staff members on suspension from 2007 to April 2018.
The SA National Defence Force has now paid more than R17m to 31 of its suspended officers and civilian staff members on suspension from 2007 to April 2018.
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Barely two years after the SA National Defence Force was forced to pay more than R500m to more than 700 officers who were suspended in 2009‚ it again faces a huge bill.

The SANDF has now paid more than R17m to 31 of its suspended officers and civilian staff members on suspension from 2007 to April 2018.

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