MEDIA INVITATION BY DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE: ACTING CHIEF OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL DEFENCE (SANDF) VISITS THE BORDERS

Date of release 16 February 2011

The Acting Chief of the SANDF, Lieutenant-General Themba Matanzima and delegation will be visiting the operational bases and forces deployed to the borders in Limpopo, Mpumalanga and Kwa-Zulu Natal.

Members of the media will be afforded an opportunity to interview the Acting Chief of SANDF on the progress made on border safeguarding at Mpumalanga Airport on 16 February 2011 at 15h00.

ENDS.

Issued by: Defence Corporate Communication
(Defence Media Liaison)
Pretoria

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