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First SANDF troops from SAMIDRC to return home on Friday

A sense of relief will most likely fill Air Force Base Bloemspruit on Friday 13 June as the first group of South African National...

First SANDF troops from SAMIDRC to return home on Friday

A sense of relief will most likely fill Air Force Base Bloemspruit on Friday 13 June as the first group of South African National...

How SADI can leverage local capabilities for global impact

The full design, development and production capability of the South African Defence Industry (SADI) was established over a roughly 30-year period leading into the...

Five benefits Africa’s new space agency can deliver

The African Space Agency was officially inaugurated in Cairo’s Space City in April 2025. The event marked a milestone in a process that had...

Secrecy around SAS Manthatisi board of inquiry report questioned

Nineteen months after the SA Navy (SAN) lost three submariners in a bad weather incident off Kommetjie in the Western Cape, the Board of...

Rise in central Africa violence reported to UN Security Council

Violence and insecurity in the Great Lakes region and the Lake Chad Basin of central Africa are on the rise, the senior United Nations...
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HISSCO EVO 2

A range of security X-ray detection systems produced by HISSCO. These systems are designed for various security applications, including airports, government institutes, and other...

SVI LITE put to the test

At the "SVI LITE" launch, our CEO performed a demo of this cost-effective partial armour’s strength.

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