According to the Military Veterans Act (Act No 18 of 2011) a Military Veteran is defined as:
*Any South African citizen who rendered military service to any of the military organisations, statuary or non-statuary, which were involved on all sides of military conflict from 1960 to 1994;
*Or who served in the Union Defence Force before 1961;
*Or who became a member of the SANDF after 1994, and has completed his or her military training and no longer performs military service, and has not been dishonourably discharged;
*Persons who could not complete military training due to an injury sustained during military training or a disease contracted or associated with military training are also included.
Benefits for Military Veterans, as contained in the Military Veterans Act, will be published in the next issue. Any further enquiries can be directed to Lt Col John Faul via e-mail john.faul@webmail.co.za or fax 013 932 4571.
