Days after Defence and Military Veterans Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula complained that the defence force is under-resourced, rendering it under "extreme stress", it emerged that her department had paid more than R1 billion to Cuba over the past six years.
On Tuesday, Mapisa-Nqakula, in her budget vote speech, warned that the conflict in Mozambique could spill over into South Africa, while defence capabilities were under "extreme stress" amid budgetary constraints after a R15 billion cut over the next three years.
