KGOTHATSO MADISA, AMANDA KHOZA and GRAEME HOSKEN
The military veterans who kept two ministers and a deputy minister hostage at a hotel in Tshwane this week were prepared to hold on to them “for days’’ until their demands were met — including the payment of R4.2m each to 9,000 veterans at a total cost of more than R37bn. An insider with intimate knowledge of the veterans’ plans told the Sunday Times they had agreed before the meeting at the Saint George Hotel in Irene with defence minister Thandi Modise, minister in the presidency Mondli Gungubele and deputy defence minister Thabang Makwetla that this was their “opportunity”...A subscription gives you full digital access to all Sunday Times content.Registered on the BusinessLIVE, Business Day or Financial Mail websites? Sign in with the same details.
Stop referring to this thugs as military veterans
How did that go?
Zuma didn't shy away from his responsibilities like Cyril Ramaphosa.
Stop voting for ANC guys…
All signs of a 'maturing democracy' no doubt 🤔😏
Stop referring to township tsotsis as military veterans!
We were told Zuma was the best president we ever had, what did he do for these military veterans?
They should have kept them for months
The writing is on the wall, Ramaphosa have DISMALLY FAILED the country, including freedom fighters!!!
Mood of optimism
Did they have weapons?
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