By Ofentse Mokae
02 August 2009
The National Defence Force is said to be in an appalling state of readiness.
Online media quotes experts and politicians who say the force could not handle much beyond the most trivial crisis.
Despite the purchase of big-ticket items in the controversial arms deal, the Defence Force is reported to disentanglement rapidly.
Commentators blame ageing equipment, a skills shortage and the lack of a budget to match the increasing demands being made on the force.
This is happens, although the ministry of defence and military veterans assured the public that the force would be strengthened.
These were the sentiments shared by the minister Lindiwe Sisulu, during the department’s budget vote speech in parliament in June.
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