Another SANDF-Cuba training scheme while military falters

TWENTY officers, R28 million, and zero accreditation - that is the SANDF's Cuba plan in one line.

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The numbers don't lie: R28m now, after R1.7 billion in irregular spending before, and still the SANDF, with the minister's blessing, doubles down on Cuba.

The Democratic Alliance rejects the South African National Defence Force's latest plan to waste R28m on sending 20 officers to Cuba for unaccredited training. This is an ideological vanity project at taxpayer expense while accredited courses at home sit underutilised. Worse, the first year is reportedly being spent on learning Spanish, an unnecessary detour that delays real skills development.