In the video the soldier is seen at the corner of a busy street, unable to stand straight. SANDF soldier drunk TheMercurySA
According to SANDF spokesperson Brigadier General Mafi Mgobozi, Ngcobo was kept in custody at the Military Detention Barracks pending his court appearance.
“Corporal P.N. Ngcobo, a Reserve Force member, appeared in a court of a military judge on Tuesday, 24 August 2021 and was charged under the Military Disciplinary Code , section 45…Unseemly Conduct and was found guilty on the charge preferred against him. He was sentenced to a reduction in rank from a Corporal to a Lance Corporal ,” said Mgobozi.
The Chief of the SANDF, general Rudzani Maphwanya and members of the Military Command reiterate and remind all members of the SANDF that no act of ill-discipline or criminality will be tolerated or go unpunished in the military regardless of rank or position. “Members of the SANDF are expected to conduct themselves with the necessary decorum and discipline at all times,” said Mgobozi.
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