Defence Minister Angie Motshekga says R150 million has been allocated to support the upcoming local government elections while R823 million will be spent in the deployments of SANDF to support SAPS in the fight against gangsterism and illegal mining.
Defence Minister Angie Mothekga on Wednesday challenged Parliament to use its constitutional powers to allocate proper funds to the defence force for it to execute its mandate.
Responding during the budget vote debate in the National Assembly, Motshekga said it was not enough for the MPs to just say the defence force was underfunded.
“I want to say, indeed, please allocate funds to see the greatness that will come. For now to keep saying there are shortcomings, the defence does not give itself funds. It is allocated funding by Parliament,” she said.
During the debate, parties across the political divide lashed out at the department for its ageing infrastructure, maintenance backlogs, procurement challenges and poor operations amid a lack of consequence management and governance weaknesses.
