By Lehlohonolo Lehana.
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has rejected claims that a military truck was diverted more than 1 200km for private garden work at Major-General Edward Mulaudzi, Deputy Head of Logistics Procurement, in Waterkloof Ridge.
This comes after reports that SANDF truck travelled over 1 200 kilometres from Oudtshoorn to Pretoria to remove two tree stumps at his yard.
However, the SANDF in a statement has since clarified the situation regarding the truck’s usage for removing the tree stumps.
“The truck used to remove the tree stumps that were blocking the street outside a SANDF residence, after complaints by the neighbours, belongs to the Logistics Support Formation based in Lyttleton, Pretoria.”
“There is no truth as reported that the vehicle in question came from Oudtshoorn specifically to deal with the removal of the tree stumps.
“We can confirm that the vehicle was in Oudtshoorn for other duties, and upon completion, the vehicle came back to its home base in Pretoria – Logistics Support Formation.
“Therefore, it was never called back for this assignment. The vehicle was already in Pretoria, attending to other duties at one of the SANDF facilities, when it was further assigned to remove the tree stumps blocking the street, “SANDF said.