African National Congress ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula has criticised the Chief of the South African Navy SAN, Vice Admiral Monde Lobese, for comments he made over the weekend.
Addressing a gala dinner, Lobese decried alleged defunding of the South African National Defence Force SANDF in general and SAN in particular, saying this puts the country at risk.
"I often find myself questioning whether those responsible for making significant decisions, particularly regarding the funding of our Defence Force, if they may be directly or indirectly influenced by these drug cartels, illegal traders, maritime criminals or human traffickers, he said, per Defence Web .