The SANDF Has Been Captured And Looted By Its Own Top Command

Last week, the Auditor-General of South Africa revealed shocking evidence of corruption within the Department of Defence and Military Veterans, sparking outrage over the SANDF's failure to uphold its responsibilities. Carl Niehaus delves into the alarming findings and calls for immediate accountability.

Last week, on Wednesday, May 27, 2026, I sat in the Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans as the Auditor-General of South Africa laid bare the criminal capture of the Department of Defence and Military Veterans. What followed from the South African National Defence Force was not accountability, but a disgraceful display of evasion, denialism, and contempt for Parliament.

I posted the full verbatim transcription and audio of my interventions in that meeting on my X account. Every South African should listen to it. The evidence speaks for itself. All citizens who still believe that the South African National Defence Force must defend the Republic rather than serve as a feeding trough for the corrupt will share the outrage that these revelations provoked.

On Wednesday the 27 of May 2026, the Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans received presentations from the Office of the Auditor-General of South Africa on the prior year audit findings, including insights on the submitted asset register, and the briefing by the… pic.twitter.com/jf1siPMNrz