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Military hospitals 'ailing'
The Citizen
|January 12, 2026
The standalone health care service of the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) is examining the feasibility of dedicated military base hospitals in two provinces, currently served only by sickbays, a parliamentary questioner was informed by Defence and Military Veterans Minister Angie Motshekga.
The uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party's Mpumalanga public representative Khanyisile Litchfield-Tshabalala, who has the distinction of being the first female flag officer in the SA Navy after the 1994 SANDF integration, sought ministerial input on what plans were in place to prevent the "failing military health care service before it totally collapses".
This story is from the January 12, 2026 edition of The Citizen.
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