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SANDF troops in Lohatlha keep running every week as Exercise VUKUHLOME V grinds on

South African Air Force members at the Army Combat Training Centre are doing weekly fitness training to hold physical readiness, discipline and morale through the exercise.

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South African Air Force members taking part in Exercise VUKUHLOME V at the South African Army Combat Training Centre in Lohatlha are running weekly fitness sessions to keep themselves physically ready, disciplined and in good spirits for the duration of the exercise.

The defence force said the training is a standing part of how its members hold their condition while deployed on the exercise at the Northern Cape facility.

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Exercise VUKUHLOME V is under way at Lohatlha, the army’s main combat training centre. The defence force gave no further detail on the exercise’s scale, its schedule or how long it will run.

The South African National Defence Force published the update on its X account, with four photographs of the fitness training.

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Official photograph from SA National Defence Force 馃嚳馃嚘
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