VIDEO: SANDF, Niehaus clash over dilapidated army base footage

By Marcus Moloko

Former ANC insider and now EFF MP Carl Niehaus has accused the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) of mismanagement and neglect after video footage emerged showing crumbling ablution facilities at a Makhanda (formerly Grahamstown) army base.

“I find no pleasure in posting this terrible video of the disgusting condition of one of the bathrooms at 6 SAI in Grahamstown. However, it is high time to reveal the abuse that our SANDF soldiers are being subjected to, and to expose the senior generals. Enough is really enough,” Niehaus wrote in a social media post this week.

The footage, which showed broken and unsanitary bathrooms, drew swift response from the SANDF, which confirmed the building belonged