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The South African National Defence Force has spent just under 2.4 billion rand over the past five years on privately chartered flights. Defence and Military Veterans Minister Angie Motseha said in a parliamentary reply that privately chartered flights were procured to access remote areas, medical evacuations, peacekeeping and regional missions, disaster relief, VIP transport and military training. Motseha added that other grounds for using privately chartered

Flights was for urgent operational deployments, non-availability of commercial flights, and sensitive security movements for critical military operations. ANC Women's League National Executive Committee member Boitumelo Moilwa says municipalities and government departments need to set aside a special budget to fight gender-based violence and femicide. The League is holding a National Day of Prayer and a memorial in honor of victims of G.