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Africa-Press<\/a> – South-Africa<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Johannesburg – President Cyril Ramaphosa and his deputy, David Mabuza, held a dialogue with disgruntled members of liberation struggle military groups on Tuesday. The president made a commitment that issues raised would be addressed.<\/p>\n

The grouping, which consists of about 11 military associations who fought in the struggle against apartheid, has been unhappy about what it termed social and economic exclusion.<\/p>\n

Some members staged protests outside the Union Buildings in November and handed over a list of demands. They appealed to government to employ them in state-owned enterprises and law enforcement agencies such as the SANDF and SAPS.<\/p>\n

The president responded by appointing a high-level task team led by Mabuza to ventilate concerns. The task team has met on several occasions.<\/p>\n

Tuesday\u2019s dialogue, the first of its kind, was held in Pretoria. Ramaphosa and Mabuza are expected to hold another one next year.<\/p>\n

Azania Military Veterans spokesperson Percy Phake, whose organisation has about 10 000 members, said it was pleased with the engagements.<\/p>\n

He said government has promised to further engage on a once-off gratuity for struggle veterans.<\/p>\n

Phake said government has agreed to look into the legalities of integrating struggle veterans into law enforcement arms of the state.<\/p>\n

He said the Presidency has also agreed to seek assistance from various departments and provincial premiers on the plight of former veterans.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have not achieved all overnight, but we have managed to make positive strides on behalf of military veterans. We reiterate that we will not allow a situation where the lives of liberation struggle veterans are undermined or erased in the history books of this country.\u201d<\/p>\n

Other issues military veterans drew attention to included education, pensions and presidential pardons.<\/p>\n

Political Bureau<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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