News24 reports that the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has warned of a recruitment scam operating in the Eastern Cape and the Western Cape.  

Defence spokesperson, Brigadier General Mafi Mgobozi, said they believed a syndicate was posing as a recruitment agency of the SANDF.  “These perpetrators mislead and lure innocent victims into paying a certain amount of money for transportation to various parts of the country, with the hope of joining the SANDF,” he indicated.  Mgobozi pointed out that SANDF recruitment processes were free, and no amount of money was required to make applications.  Moreover, the SANDF did not use any agency or association for recruitment and advertised its application forms annually in national newspapers as well as on its websites.

• A short report by Derrick Spies is at News24

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