SANDF condemns actions of soldiers fingered in smuggling along Beitbridge border

The SANDF says it’s embarrassed by an exposé on TV showing soldiers involved in cross-border smuggling. It showed them accepting bribes at the Beitbridge Border Post. The soldiers took money to allow goods and illegal immigrants to cross the border.

The SANDF says those involved will be punished. Corruption was fingered in the TV exposé, with uniformed soldiers recorded receiving bribes, and walking away from a crowd of smugglers.

Reacting to the broadcast, the DA said it will write to Minister of Defence Thandi Modise to request that an independent investigation is launched into allegations of corruption and bribery at the Beitbridge border post involving members of the SANDF.

“This brazen corruption by the very people tasked with maintaining law and order at our borders is indicative of a much larger problem of a lack of executive oversight and the general rot that has seeped into the Department of Defence and the SANDF. The situation also further fuels the public’s mistrust in the army and animosity between South Africans and immigrants who enter the country legally,” said DA MP Kobus Marais

Source: eNCA

In other news – Vusi Nova introduces his new alter ego Snova

Local award-winning singer Vusi Nova these days is not only rocking a new look but also a new alter ego, Snova.

As the top charting singer ventures into amapiano music, he has undertaken the moniker Snova. This Friday, the singer will be releasing a new amapiano single “Shuku Shuku” under the new alias. Learn more