While thousands gathered in Thohoyandou last Saturday for one of the largest military parades ever held in the region, one of South Africa’s oldest surviving World War II veterans remained at home.
Armed Forces Day, costing taxpayers an estimated R172-million, featured a parade, a flypast by Air Force fighter jets and even an extravagant music festival. President Cyril Ramaphosa, ministers, deputy ministers, senior military officials and members of the diplomatic corps attended.
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