South African President Jacob Zuma announced on 16 December substantial salary increases tor the enlisted corps and officers of the South African National Defence Force, responding to a key demand from the services after a mutiny earlier in 2009.rnSome 2,000 soldiers clashed with police in Pretoria in August over pay; a subsequent investigation showed that discipline, conditions of service and salaries presented a serious problem to the long-term health of sub-Saharan Africa's most robust armed forces.
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