Soldiers threaten to sue over DRC wages

Greef said the union was taking the matter up with SANDF management, and any suggestion to get President Cyril Ramaphosa to intervene as the commander-in-chief had not been brought to his attention.

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The SA troops deployed to the DRC as part of the now terminated Southern African Development Community (SADC) mission reportedly expected a R108 000 a month fee for their 15 months of service. But instead, they were only paid up to R58000 a month, which means that each soldier is missing out on hundreds of thousands of rands.

Greef explained: “There are two contributors - first the SANDF normal policy deployment allowances, which come from the defence budget, and second SADC, which paid a monthly contribution expressed as an amount in dollars 'per soldier' deployed on the mission - but that monthly contribution is also meant for covering equipment, expenses, etc, as well as a part for deployed soldiers.