You are correct. It
is the responsibility of the associations themselves to make sure that the database that we have is accurate. We depend on the different associations for them to supply their databases. It cannot be the Department of Defence and Military Veterans which goes out and looks for military veterans. It is us the associations who have a responsibility to come forward and say, these are our military veterans. By the time you become a military veteran, you also have a force number. It is true that there are challenges but I am using this opportunity again to call on the associations to come forward and look at the database and assist us to have a credible database.
It is true that the database does not necessarily have integrity, we need to sanitise it but you can only do that when the leadership of associations co-operate with you and are keen to be honest enough to say, remove these one because they are not our military veterans and keep that one. That is one of the issues that cause a stalemate between us and military veterans. I am not saying the Department of Defence and Military veterans is a perfect department, it is far from that. I do know that, it would make our lives and work easier if the associations themselves could come forward and say, here is the correct list of military veterans. The number of military veterans who fought during the liberation struggle should be going down because we are dying now. The numbers are not going down but up, why? It has to do with the association. If the association does not take responsibility and ensure that the information they supply you with is credible. I just thought I should say that, but to us as the department, it is a very difficult matter.
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