Lekota to Bid Farewell to British Military Advisory Team.
Defence minister Mosiuoa Lekota is to bid farewell to the British Military Advisory and Training Team (BMATT), in Pretoria, this afternoon.
The BMATT was requested by the South African government to assist in the integration of different forces in the country to form the SA National Defence Force (SANDF), after the first democratic elections in 1994.
The integrated SANDF includes those from the former homelands; Transkei, Bophuthatswana, Venda and Ciskei (TBVC), Umkhonto we Sizwe and other paramilitary groupings.
'Among other things, the team has been involved in training and assessing new members joining the SANDF,' said defence spokesperson Major Niko Allie.
BMATT has also been involved in the integration of military forces in various African countries such as Lesotho, Namibia, Swaziland and Mozambique.
In Zimbabwe, BMATT with the assistance of the Zimbabwe National Army has trained basic recruits and junior officers of the Mozambique National Army at the ZNA Battalion Battle School at Nyanga and at the ZNA Staff College in Harare, Zimbabwe, since 1985.
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