GAUTENG.- The Pretoria Regional Court sentenced a man to a five year jail term for representing himself as a member of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) last Thursday.
Irvin Mokgosi was also charged with possessing and wearing the SANDF uniform with distinctive marks or crests belonging to the SANDF without the necessary authority.
“It was ordered that both counts be read together for sentencing. Furthermore, Mr Mokgosi was deemed unfit to possess a firearm in terms of Section 103(1.) (g.) of the Firearms Control Act 60 of 2000,” SANDF said in a statement.
The Military Police arrested Mokgosi during the clearing-in procedure of 21 South African Infantry Battalion soldiers at Tshwane Regiment in Thaba Tshwane, Pretoria on 17 May 2019.
“The Chief of the SANDF, General Solly Shoke welcomes the sentence and warned that no act of criminality will be tolerated and allowed to go unpunished in the military. General Shoke strongly reiterates that the wearing of any SANDF uniform items including current military paraphernalia when you are not an SANDF member is a punishable offense.”
