Soldiers retiring straight into poverty, says Segokgo
Thursday, June 08, 2017
Appearing before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) yesterday, Segokgo said there was an urgent need to revise the BDF Act to help out ex-soldiers who were leaving the Force and sinking straight into poverty. The commander said this was because the pensions were structured wrongly and unfairly.
“The review will also address the retirement age of soldiers as we have been losing very key technically-skilled employees,” he said. “Some skills mature with age and we can use such personnel for our training.
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