61 Mech | 61 Mech

All the 61 Mech veterans who will find the Steel Helmet shell hole in Parkhurst a convenient meeting place, as well as other military veterans who may be keen to attend, are invited to this skouerskuur.

MOTH Hall, cnr. 16th Street and 2nd Avenue, Parkhurst from 18h00 on Wednesday, 9 April 2014

General Johann Dippenaar, patron of the 61 MVA and chairperson of the CMVO, will come and talk to us about the status and role of the SADF/SANDF military veterans in terms of the Military Veterans Act, 2011(No 18 of 2011) and what we can do to make it work for us

“military veteran” means any South African citizen who—
(a) rendered military service to any of the military organisations, statutory and non-statutory, which were involved on all sides of South Africa’s Liberation War from 1960 to 1994;
(b) served in the Union Defence Force before 1961; or
© became a member of the new South African National Defence Force after 1994, and has completed his or her military training and no longer performs military service, and has not been dishonourably discharged from that military organisation or force: Provided that this definition does not exclude any person referred to in paragraph (a), (b) or © who could not complete his or her military training due to an injury sustained during military training or a disease contracted or associated with military training;

We will ensure that the fire is ready by 18h00 to receive your meat for a bring and braai, and at 19h00 we will have a speaker who will address us.

Robert Torrani at robert@popcornadvertising.co.za and Gert Deysel at gert@onelicensing.com will be the hosts.

GPS Co-ordinates: 26°08’12”S 28°01’14”E