The Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans re-iterates its concern over the pace and quality of transformation of the SANDF into a unified, representative, appropriately skilled and combat-ready force. An evaluation of the extent to which transformation objectives have been achieved is critically needed, aptly at a time when the defence policy is being reviewed. Such an exercise could be sensitive to the unintended consequences the integration of (divergent) forces continue to have on the realisation of meaningful transformation. This matter directly affects the morale, professionalism, and unity of the defence force.