Defence Minister Angie Motshekga has warned that the SANDF faces a projected R3.3 billion employee compensation shortfall, saying recruitment cuts and early retirement cannot close a funding gap that could deepen to R4.6 billion by 2028/29.
Defence and Military Veterans Minister Angie Motshekga has warned that her department is facing a projected R3.3 billion over-expenditure on employee compensation, saying the funding shortfall is one of the department's biggest threats and could put it at risk of collapse.
Motshekga was answering oral questions from MPs in the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) on Wednesday about the department’s projected expenditure on compensation of employees.
She said the department had already overspent by about R3 billion in the previous financial year and expected the over-expenditure to reach R4 billion in 2027/28 and R4.6 billion in 2028/29 if there was no intervention.
The department had identified measures to reduce expenditure, including encouraging employees who are able to retire to take early retirement and offering incentives to employees to leave.
