Members of the public are encouraged to report to the police any person or persons who solicit money from them with the promise of integration into the South African National Defence Force (SANDF). The Department of Defence continues to receive reports that certain individuals are recruiting ex soldiers with the promise of cash payments, or integration into the SANDF.
The department strongly condemns activities aimed at deliberately misleading members of the public regarding integration into the SANDF. The leadership of the Department of Defence is concerned that the perpetrators of this scam have not spared women and children by inviting them to assemble at SANDF military bases with the promise of integration or cash payments.
The department would once again like to reiterate that there has been no integration planned by the department as the integration process ended when Termination of Integration Intake Act of 2001 and the Demobilisation Amendment Act of 2001 formally and legally brought the integration process to an end on 31 December 2002.
Enquiries:
Siphiwe Dlamini
Tel: 012 355 6105
Cell: 083 645 4294
Issued by: Department of Defence and Military Veterans
30 September 2009
