The Military Veterans Benefits Regulations (MVBR) have been gazetted which paves the way for accelerated delivery of benefits to military veterans.
Gazette No 37355 dated 19 February 2014 stipulates clear guidelines for the roll out of all benefits to Military Veterans’ as prescribed in the Gazette.
The eleven benefits that the Department of Military Veterans will be rolling out are:
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Compensation to military veterans who sustained disabling injuries or severe psychological and neuro-sychiatric trauma or who suffer from a terminal 30 disease resulting from their participation in military activities;
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Dedicated counselling and treatment to military veterans who suffer from serious mental illness, post-traumatic stress disorder or related conditions;
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honouring and memorialising fallen military veterans;
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education, training and skills development;
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facilitation of employment placement
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facilitation of or advice on business opportunities;
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subsidisation or provisioning of public transport;
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pension;
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access to health care;
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housing; and
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burial support.
>> Director-General Tsepe Motumi: Military Veterans' benefits regulations briefing
>> Military Veterans Act (No. 18 of 2011)
