Army Foundation to the rescue after Military Academy fire
SA Army personnel studying at the Military Academy in Saldanha were beneficiaries of SA Army Foundation largesse in the wake of a fire.
The fire,...
Youth leadership development candidates in training at SAS Saldanha
The arrival of 735 selected National Rural Youth Service Corps (NARYSEC) men and women at SAS Saldanha brings to 1 630 the number of...
SA Army division-level exercise not affected by Lohatla fire
Deaths and damage in the wake of Friday’s runaway fire at the SA Army Combat Training Centre (CTC) in the Northern Cape Province will...
Revised military veterans’ pension regulations published
A last minute rush saw a Government Gazette published yesterday (Friday 6 October) with details of revised pension regulations for military veterans.
The Department of...
Runaway veld fire claims the lives of six SANDF soldiers
A runaway veld fire that swept through the South African Army’s Combat Training Centre (CTC) at Lohatla claimed the lives of six soldiers, and...
Seven companies vying for Armscor APC tender
The South African Army’s search for new armoured personnel carriers (APCs) to replace its current border patrol vehicles is seeing seven South African defence...
Still no finality on veterans’ pensions
“Instability” at senior management level coupled to what some term “bureaucratic bungling” is denying properly registered South African military veterans are not receiving what...
Defence Procurement System: It is broken – and it’s time to fix it
This is the title of the hard-hitting report generated by the UK House of Commons Defence Committee regarding the detailed look at the entity...
Military Veterans Dept annual report delayed due to ‘instability in the senior management’
Defence and Military Veterans Minister Thandi Modise has informed Parliament that the finalisation and publication of the Department of Military Veterans annual report and...
SANDF chief on the state of South Africa’s defence capabilities
General Rudzani Maphwanya, SA National Defence Force (SANDF) Chief, penned an upbeat introduction for the 2022/23 Department of Defence (DoD) annual report pointing out,...
SA Army artisan ranks boosted
Qualified artisan numbers in the Technical Service Corps (TSC) of the SA Army are 96 stronger following a graduation ceremony where trade certificates were...
Appreciation expressed to Roy Andersen for Education Trust effort
Retired Reserve Force chief Roy Andersen was thanked, honoured and appreciated for his effort in developing the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) Education Trust.
The...
Minister Modise says SA defence “needs sustained funding”
In six months’ time, South Africa should have an indication of what revised levels of “defence ambition” and “defence strategic trajectory” the country’s securocrats...
Reserve Force integral and essential for SANDF – Ramantswana
SA National Defence Force (SANDF) Chief of Corporate Staff (CoS) Lieutenant General Michael Ramantswana maintains the country’s part-time soldiers are “a backbone to the...
South Africa has one of the strongest navies in Africa: its strengths and weaknesses
The deaths of three members of the South African Navy (SA Navy) on 20 September 2023, when a freak wave swept them off the...
SANDF to host suppliers’ day in Bloemfontein
To address the shortcoming of awareness businesses have regarding the South African National Defence Force (SANDF), a suppliers’ information session will be held to...
Conditions of service top complaints list to Military Ombud
Dissatisfaction with and unhappiness about conditions of service in the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) topped the list of complaints – by far –...
SA Navy holds memorial service for fallen submariners
Family, colleagues and friends gathered at a moving commemoration service at the Wynberg Military Base Sports Complex in Cape Town on Wednesday to honour...
Former SA Army chief director is new Chief Reserve Force
The “new” man leading the Reserve component of the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) is 64-year-old retired major general Stephen Marumo.
He has replaced Roy...
SAMHS hosts academic symposium
The SA National Defence Force’s fourth component – the SA Military Health Service (SAMHS) – earlier this month gathered at the Military Health Training...
SA National Defence Force exercises right of entry into the Mother City
The City of Cape Town, endearingly dubbed the Mother City, reaffirmed the right for eleven units across all Services and Divisions of the South...
SA Joint Ops peace boss calls on Op Vikela troops
The senior officer tasked with peace support operations at the Joint Operations Division of the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) called on the Operation...
South Africa’s wider defence tragedy
Last week three South African Navy submariners were swept off their vessel’s hull to their deaths while taking on supplies from a helicopter.
An official...
SANDF announces funeral arrangements for Samil crash victims
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has announced the names of the four soldiers who died in a Samil 50 truck accident last...
Military veteran pensions on administrative hold
Military veterans now have to wait for ministerial approval before the “payment process” for pensions can be started, Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Defence and...
SANDF accidents point to the breaking point being reached
The deaths of seven South African National Defence Force (SANDF) personnel in two accidents last week have experts warning that the underfunding of the...
Mini Navy Festival in Cape Town cancelled – SANDF Freedom of Entry parade on...
The SA Navy (SAN) has cancelled its mini-festival set for Cape Town’s V&A Waterfront this weekend in the wake of the tragic submarine accident...
Double tragedies strike SANDF as submarine accident followed by Samil crash
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has faced two separate tragedies this week. As the nation mourns the loss of three SA Navy...
Military prosecutors “gathering evidence” in further Umzimvubu call-up investigation
Providing an update on the yet to be finally resolved Umzimvubu Regiment July 2021 call-up, SA Army Chief, Lieutenant General Lawrence Mbatha, told parliamentarians...
NARYSEC helps unlock youth potential, recruits hear
The officer currently responsible for SA Army force structure told new arrivals at 1 Construction Regiment the involvement of the SA National Defence Force...
Youth development programme underway at Dunnottar
The SA National Defence Force (SANDF) is committed to government’s National Development Plan (NDP), particularly as regards the youth and this saw "hundreds" of...
National Treasury confirms SANDF cost-cutting measures
That cost-cutting measures are coming to the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has been confirmed by a National Treasury letter to Acting Secretary...
Force prep exercise for 16 Maintenance Unit
The newest addition to the list of SA Army units to be part of the force preparation exercise Madulo is 16 Maintenance Unit, one...
SANDF service honoured at medal parade
More than 200 SA National Defence Force (SANDF) uniformed personnel were honoured for their service, in certain instances, of up to 40 years, by...
Modise to be questioned on defence performance agreements
Performance agreements in government’s wider South African defence sector, notably the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) and the Department of Defence (DoD), take the...
Joint African exercise at the SA National War College
That those in command of the SA National War College (SANWC) in Centurion’s Irene keep a weather eye on the wider Southern African situation...
Department of Defence running out of money for salaries as it faces more huge...
The Department of Defence (DoD) has significantly overspent on employee salaries, to the tune of R12 billion over the last seven years, and is...
SANDF hosting Military Skills Competition 2023
The South African Army Armour Formation will be hosting the Military Skills Competition 2023 in Potchefstroom, with international military participants from Angola, Botswana, Germany,...
Presidency publishes Lady R report summary but new questions arise over UAE involvement
The South African Presidency has published the long-awaited executive summary of the report looking into the arrival of the Lady R cargo vessel in...
2021 Umzimvubu Regiment call-up problems persist
It’s two years plus since the disastrous Umzimvubu Regiment Operation Prosper call-up and there’s still no satisfactory outcome for 815 Reserve Force soldiers as...
No evidence of Lady R loading weapons – Ramaphosa
There was nothing untoward or suspicious about the December arrival of a Russian cargo ship in the Simon’s Town naval harbour, South African President...
SA Defence Dept not hacked – DoD spokesman
South Africa’s Department of Defence (DoD) maintains its information communication technology (ICT) system – two weeks after a cyberattack reportedly siphoned 1.6 terabytes of...
Man arrested for impersonating SANDF soldier
A 32-year-old man has been arrested for impersonating a South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldier as well as being in possession of unlicensed...
SANDF soldier arrested for possession of unlicensed weaponry
The “swift arrest” of a soldier by Bloemfontein police in connection with the apparent theft of military arms and ammunition was welcomed by Minister...
Answers sought on apparent SA defence cyber attack
In the same week South Africa’s senior soldier warned of “increasingly sophisticated threats” against military information and communication technology (ICT), both the SA National...
Underfunded SANDF will implode ‘sooner or later’
Defence experts maintain that due to the decline of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF), South Africa would be defenceless if attacked.
Analyst Helmoed...
SANDF needs to up its ICT game in the face of sophisticated threats –...
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) needs to modernise its information and communication technology (ICT) and ensure its information systems are secure in...
MSDs making it as military police
Forty-four newly minted members of the military police (MP) are ready to set out on a journey that could become a calling.
This was the...
PPPs a necessity for meeting South Africa’s defence and security challenges
The rapidly deteriorating security environment combined with a lack of government resources means public-private partnerships (PPPs) are a necessity for dealing with defence and...
