S African army chief fires warning shots over budget cuts

The South African military said that budget cuts have hampered its defence capacity at home and its ability to participate in foreign peacekeeping operations.

National army chief Lieutenant General Lindile Yam sharply criticised the government for the funding shortage, saying the army was even struggling to buy uniforms.

"These budget cuts impacts negatively on our force operations efforts," Yam told journalists at the army headquarters in Pretoria.

"There is a danger coming that seems no one is seeing here."
"Look at what is happening in our neighbour. Terrorists... cutting people's necks. If it's in Mozambique it's here."