You'll be amazed, the
reason why you have a peaceful sleep at night and wake up with no invasion of the country, it is precisely because we are able to we are able to make do with the little that we have.
If you look at issues of priority - what is it that we prioritise as the SANDF? Where do we get the resources from? We find ways to sit and reprioritise like any other government department. Our prioritisation talks to, amongst others, protection of the South African people and protection of our sovereignty of the Republic of South Africa.
So, if something were to happen, I can assure you that the Defence Force will be up to it. You have seen that we do have capabilities. What is important is that we must now strive to arrest the decline of those capabilities. It is not as though there is nothing. We have to do something to ensure that we prevent a decline of those capabilities. We have to do something such that we are able to deploy more companies on the borderline and not the number which we now have.
We are a Defence Force which is well trained. I think that you know. We also have a huge reserve force as well, well trained and well armed. It may have its own unique challenges but to defend the Republic, I can assure you; South Africa is able and will be able to defend its sovereignty. Thank you very much. [Applause.]