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When golf days become defence strategy
Cape Argus
|June 27, 2025
YOU know a department is in deep trouble when the minister has to explain golf days to Parliament while everything else is falling apart.
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This week, Defence Minister Angie Motshekga tried to defend what's left of the SANDF budget and not because it is generous, but because it's broken. Though her explanation that golf days are “fundraising” activities may sound harmless, it shows how far the crisis has drifted from real issues.
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हजारों चुनिंदा प्रीमियम कहानियों और 10,000 से अधिक पत्रिकाओं और समाचार पत्रों तक पहुंचने के लिए मैगज़्टर गोल्ड की सदस्यता लें।
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