MPs have condemned the action of military veterans who took Defence Minister Thandi Modise, her deputy Thabang Makwetla and Minister in the Presidency Mondli Gungubele hostage this week.
Chairperson of the National Assembly committee on defence Cyril Xaba said the country would not allow the behaviour of that nature.
He said mechanisms were created in the past to resolve the outstanding issues faced by the military veterans. “While we are aware and note the challenges faced by military veterans especially regarding the inadequacies with the DMV, we remain unambiguously in opposing coercion and violence as a means to resolve these challenges,” said Xaba.
“The committee is of the view that the action of the group undermined what is a legitimate call for quality service delivery as per the mandate of the DMV and has a potential to delegitimise grievances that are legitimate and genuine.
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