SANDF warns members to avoid explicit content on social media while in uniform

SANDF soldiers

The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has issued a warning to its members to avoid creating explicit content on social media while in uniform.

This follows a viral clip of an SANDF member performing a striptease while in her uniform.

MEDIA STATEMENT || The South African National Defence Force Cautions Its Members Against Publishing Explicit Photographic and Video Material on Social Pages While in Uniform.

Issued by the South African National Defence Force.#SANDF #MediaStatement pic.twitter.com/1bpUJyoMQm

— SA National Defence Force 🇿🇦 (@SANDF_ZA) August 6, 2025

According to the SANDF, such activity is against its code of conduct and could seriously harm the military’s reputation.

SANDF spokesperson Siphiwe Dlamini says that work uniform needs to be respected.

“You cannot express yourself in uniform. Remember the uniform is not yours, you don’t own the uniform. The uniform is paraphernalia given to you by the SANDF, which in the end becomes government property. There are disciplinary codes that go with such behavior, the code of conduct, for instance. And there are rules and regulations of how to behave yourself when you are in uniform.”