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SANDF

No SANDF personnel yet deployed to DRC intervention brigade

altSouth African soldiers earmarked to wear blue UN helmets as part of the world’s body first ever intervention brigade have not gone to the DRC yet.
   

Department of Defence on recruitment and youth skills improvement

altDefence and Military Veterans Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula wants young South Africans to join the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) but acknowledges budgetary constraints will limit the numbers that can be accommodated.
   

No date set for Army Reserve units’ name changes

altNothing is yet cast in stone as regards voluntary name changes for SA Army Reserve Force regiments and units.
   

Op Vimbezela cost more than R246 million over five years

altIn addition to the more than R160 million spent on the ill-fated Central African Republic (CAR) deployment and support for it earlier this year the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) expended R126 202 990 there in the previous four years.
   

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