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Is the South African Army Falling Apart? The Full Breakdown.

133K views · Dec 5, 2025 · Entertainment

Comments · 552

  • @janrdoh · 9 months ago

    Cyril talks like he is holding a rocket launcher, meanwhile it is only a spear.

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  • @cccmmm1234 · 9 months ago

    Most of the people who designed that world-leading equipment in the 1970s and 1980s are dead,  retired or left the country.

    121

  • @trakin_sa · 8 months ago

    Im amazed at how much damage a ANC t-shirt and KFC has done to this country. 😢😢😢

    79

  • @jasonleerjason5001 · 9 months ago

    Proud Marine veteran here 87 to 89, our legacy is destroyed 😢

    140

  • @sifisomabanga-r2g · 9 months ago

    they're there to protect MTN shops all over africa's conflict zones.

    67

  • @gordonsmithsa115 · 9 months ago

    As somebody who trained at Infantry school and later at 7SAI, I am saddened to see this but not surprised….

    44

  • @soidog659 · 9 months ago

    Jobs for life for the cadre

    28

  • @williamlebotschy2729 · 9 months ago

    In Nelspruit we have a plot holding rusting a broken trucks. R 30 million plus, ruined. Maintenance! What is that?

    24

  • @sharonloots3334 · 8 months ago

    Our entire  defence force fell apart 30 years ago!!!

    16

  • @BryanMennie1 · 9 months ago

    The Egyptians are upgrading to M1 Abrahams. We are rocking a tank designed in 1945.

    18

  • @mariuschinner2988 · 9 months ago

    Wrong title. Should read "How bad is the South African army"

    26

  • @d7g-i6p · 9 months ago

    Nevermind the military equipment, the human resources in the SANDF are the most pathetic.

    12

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