POSTMASBURG: ARMY DECLARED COMBAT READY At a unique gathering of specially selected stakeholders in the defence industry, the South African Army was declared combat ready. A special certificate of declaration of combat readiness was handed over by the Chief of the South African Army, Lieutenant General L.K. Mbatha, to the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans, Ms Angie Motshekga. The South African Army's mandate centres on the provisioning of combat-ready forces and the leading role it has t