Their country's National Defence Force has denied media reports that it is in the process of returning thousands of troops report suggests that sunday if Smoove has come after Treasury instructed that the Defence Force should cut its budget by a bar 3 billion rand over the next three years a weekend newspaper says up to 16,000 personnel who include administrative staff and fighting troops will be losing their jobs soldiers on peacekeeping missions and at embassies outside South Africa would also be affected however sandy F has denied all such reports I would like to state categorically upfront that there are no plans let alone a decision to exit member of the defense force due to the recommendation by National Treasury that we should reduce their our wage bill i also want to confirm with you that the ad discussions both internally and externally to find a solution in order to ensure that no one is exited in the defence force we are also engaging our external stakeholders and national treasure in particular to find a solution to this issue i can say therefore without fear of contradicting myself that there is no such in the Department of Defense and I want to allay fears from our members that they will be no existing of their of their membership and what do you think could be the basis of the report well I don't know that question should be asked to the the other people that wrote the article
