How informal settlements threaten SA military bases and national security

INFORMAL settlements have encroached on 10 key SANDF military bases, with one reported to have cows and goats in a kraal.

- ZAINUL DAWOOD

This has also impacted a training centre and an ammunition depot.

The Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans received a briefing by the Department of Defence (DoD) on the informal settlements during an engagement with the Department of Human Settlements yesterday.

The DoD suggested a collaborative effort to deal with the matter.

The DoD listed the following bases as being compromised in the country, posing challenges to national security:

◆ Tamboerskloof - Western Cape.

◆ Wingfield Naval Stores Depot (NSD)-Western Cape

◆ 93 Ammunition Depot - Northern Cape

◆ Combat Training Centre - Northern Cape

Gauteng:

◆ Defence Works Training School

◆ Marievale Military Base

◆ Lenz Military Base

◆ Defence Headquarters

◆ Wallmansthal

◆ 43 SA Brigade