SANDF and Sandu meet to discuss DRC-deployed soldier allegations of short payment

The disgruntled soldiers are claiming they did not receive their Sadc deployment pay

02 July 2025 - 15:37

The SANDF and the South African National Defence Union (Sandu) met on Tuesday to discuss claims by soldiers returning from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) that they have been short-paid in their Southern African Development Community (Sadc) allowances...

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