Ex SADF anger mounts in SA
*June 5 2011. Intense anger has erupted amongst the many tens of
thousands of white, pre-1994 SADF veterans who fought from the age of 17
to 55 years in the fierce South African border wars against armed,
communist infiltration. *
*The communist ANC-regime now refuses to qualify white ex-soldiers as
‘’ war veterans’. They will get no benefits, no access to badly needed
free health care…. *
*The veterans are planning to ask Afriforum to sue the communist-ANC
regime in the Constitutional Court about the issue. (to join the
class-action law-suit write to: [email protected] )*
*The overwhelming majority of white South African males were required to
serve in the Defence Force from the age of 17 to 55 years before 1994:
the first two years were intensive military training, thereafter they
had to serve another six years (720 days) in the Standing force. *
*The majority of these men today remain inordinately proud of their
military skills and successes: they did their duty which was to defend
their country and all its people from armed invasion and – aggression.
Many of these soldiers also know that they were winning the
border-wars: but are bitter about the fact that the National-Party
politicians had sold out this finely-honed fighting force in a political
cop-out and handed them over – unarmed – to their enemies: *
*Many of these many tens of thousands of white male draftees today are
traumatised and permanently disabled from their long years of military
service – their veterans-association has a list of 7,500 totally
destitute , physically-disabled white war-vets who need help now. *
*Yet these white men will not be eligible for any benefits under the new
Military Veterans Act, says ANC-deputy-minister Thabang Makwetla – who
confirmed his black-racist approach by adding that the white soldiers
‘were not disadvantaged by doing military service and are not entitled
to state-benefits…’*
*Afrikaans journalist Pieter du Toit recorded his comment in ‘Die
Burger’ newspaper, quoting Makwetla ‘s comments to the defence
portfolio committee in parliament. His spokesman Ntime Skhosana, asked
for further clarification, also showed the present regime’s
black-racist prejudicial views when he said: “remember that (white)
military draftees only had to serve two years and then were discharged
to go back to their universities or get jobs…they were never
disadvantaged by military service…’ He implied that they had it easy. *
*However the veterans’ official representative, ret. Lt-Gen Godfrey
Giles, who chairs their veterans’ organisation, reportedly was
‘shattered’ by the decision to exclude white males from the benefits
system under the new Military Veterans Act. He also is the deputy chair
for the umbrella body, the SA Military veterans’ association. *
*He said his organisation has a database of 7,500 destitute, white
military veterans who are in urgent need of medical and financial help
– right now. The ANC-regime’s proposed new Military Veterans’ Act
would provide a wide range of help to the communist-regime’s own
war-vets: the blacks who fought for Umkhonto we Sizwe and the Azanian
Peoples’ Liberation Army. This help would include health care and
pension benefits – black South Africans already receive a wide range of
such benefit at the moment, while whites are excluded. *
*Yet Makwetla now claims that these white veterans – who were drafted
into military service – would also be excluded from these
benefit-packages. Giles slammed Makwetla’s claim as ‘absolute rubbish
and noted: “the subject was not even mentioned in the consulation
process and shows a very weak knowledge of the genuine needs of these
ex-soldiers, many of whom fought hard in defence of their country in the
South African border-wars. The needs of these white war-vets is indeed
very great: many now sleep at bus-stops and live in squatter-camps’. *
*The handful of white South African males indeed carried a very heavy
burden of military duty before 1994: they received their first callups
at the age of 17 for basic training camps which lasted two years. And
for a full six years thereafter, white males also had to serve a total
720 days in the Standing forces. From the age of 17 to 55, white males
were obligated to do military duty of some kind: most white males spent
most of their weekends away on military- or commando-duties.*
*Once they reached the age of 55, many also continued this duty to their
country by unpaid volunteer service in the Active Civilian Militias and
in the local military commando units. Nevertheless, these soldiers had
it easy and were never ‘disadvantaged by military service’, said
Makwetla: and confirmed that their latest anti-white law is being drawn
up with the understanding that ‘none of the pre-1994 military draftees
‘were considered to be members of the Active defence force and would
therefore excluded from the legal definition of ‘military veterans’.
They were ‘still taking further legal advice on the matter,’ he claimed. *
*At the age of 17, they were called up for two-year military training –
and for twelve years thereafter, they were obligated to serve another
720 days in the Standing SA Defence Force of that time. After this
active military-service, all white South African males had the option of
serving another five years in the Active Civilian Force. They still were
also called up for 12 days active duty in the Commando units which
protected their own regions. The official government viewpoint noted
that ‘the SA Defence Force is a civilian militia .’ White males were
obligated to do military duty; non-whites volunteered: such as the
Afrikaans-speaking Khoi-San volunteer soldiers of the Cape Corps, an
infantry batallion – who excelled in their military actions in Namibia
and in the SA Navy. The first volunteer unit for black soldiers, 21st
bn, was launched in 1974 at Lenz near Johannesburg. The SA Defence
Force also served as Allied soldiers during the two World Wars and in
the Korean war. South Africa also created Armscorps, its own
military-industrial complex to help pay for its defence budget, which by
1987 had soared to R5,000-m – 13.7% of its total expenditure. *
*(/source: ‘This is South Africa’, ISBN 0-7970-0654-0, Jan 1987 Perskor,
for Dept of Information)/*
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