Soldiers called up to restore order during the riots last year faced a battle from the start.
When the Umzimvubu Regiment reserve force was activated last year to help suppress the insurrection in KwaZulu-Natal there was no barrack-room inspection — because there was no barrack room to inspect.
A letter last week from UDM leader Bantu Holomisa, himself a former general, to the minister of defence and chief of the SA National Defence Force describes the sorry mess at the regiment’s HQ in Mthatha. There were no rations, beds, boots or rifles for the soldiers reporting for duty. A board of inquiry is now investigating.that stretches across more than 100km² of ocean floor has been identified as the world’s largest living plant.
And in the German town of Walldorf, cat-owners have been ordered to keep their pets indoors until August to stop them killing crested larks, a rare ground-nesting bird, during breeding season. The lockdown is being enforced with fines of up to €50,000.
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