Following the findings made by the Auditor General (AG) and the Ministerial Task Team (MTT) set up to investigate the Department of Defence and the South Africa National Defence Force (SANDF) on the procurement of the Cuban drug, Hebron, Minister Thandi Modise should now proceed with the laying of criminal charges against all those implicated. During her first appearance before the Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans in August, Minister Modise made a commitment to crack the whip on those responsible for the irregular procurement of Hebron. She told the Committee that “There is no way that heads are not going to roll. Procurement systems were ruined”.
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