SA Defence

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...

The communications spine of the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) – its Command and Management Information Systems (CMIS) Division – next week hosts the...

Court documents in a missing persons case have pointed to South Africa Special Forces involvement, with the plot thickening after the murder of a...

A delay in making military veterans’ pensions reality is not the only choke point at the Department of Military Veterans (DMV) – this seems...

August is Women’s Month in South Africa and the national defence force is part and parcel of it with the SA Army hosting what...

More than a year after COVID-19 lockdown restrictions in South Africa were lifted, SA Military Health Service (SAMHS) personnel were recognised for their contribution...

South African President and SA National Defence Force (SANDF) Commander-in-Chief, Cyril Ramaphosa, has yet to reveal which parts of the Mojapelo inquiry into the...

Acknowledging that working with outdated equipment negatively affects morale in the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) plans are in the offing to review the...

Acknowledgement that crime reaches as far as the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) came from General Rudzani Maphwanya, South Africa’s senior soldier, when he...

Members of the South African National Defence Force’s Quick Reaction Force (QRF) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have concluded a jungle warfare...

Chief of the South African Navy, Vice Admiral Monde Lobese, has visited Russia for the country’s annual Navy Day event in St Petersburg. Navy chiefs...

South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa will, his spokesman has it, “consume” the report of the judicial commission of inquiry into Russian cargo vessel Lady...

The SA Air Force (SAAF) Mobile Deployment Wing (MDW), formerly Air Force Base (AFB) Swartkop, has been a hive of activity with a base-wide...

The SA National Defence Force (SANDF) is becoming progressively more unsustainable in terms of a declining budget, Defence Minister Thandi Modise warns while offering...

The Gauteng Provincial Legislature’s Portfolio Committee on Community Safety says it will be writing to President Cyril Ramaphosa and Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi to...

Department of Defence officials are being investigated for apparently manipulating dozens of Covid-19 personal protective equipment (PPE) tenders, in the latest such scandal to...

The Ammunition Corps of the Department of Defence (DoD) now boasts 105 qualified fitters in its ranks thanks to 17 newcomers who made it...

South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers have wrapped up jungle warfare training in Limpopo ahead of their rotation to the United Nations peacekeeping...

Defence and Military Veterans Minister Thandi Modise stands by her earlier statements that “nothing was loaded onto the Lady R” while the sanctioned Russian...

Defence and Military Veterans Minister Thandi Modise almost repeated herself when answering another Parliamentary questioner wanting to know when old soldiers will start receiving...

Army Month in South Africa – November – is just over four months away with the landward force in full operational mode to ensure...

Over 800 SA National Defence Force (SANDF) personnel are on active duty in the wake of a truck torching bout that started on 9...

With time seemingly up for retired judge Phineas Mojapelo’s inquiry into what and what didn’t the Lady R do in the Simon’s Town naval...

The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has distanced itself from reports circulating on social media regarding a purported meeting with certain groups claiming...

Keeping soldiers and civilians away from harmful and illegal drugs and utilising intelligence saw military law enforcement officers collaborate with their SA Police Service...

Recruitment for next year’s SA National Defence Force (SANDF) military skills development intake closed six months ago with follow-up evaluation and interviews to ensure...

The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has been deployed across four provinces to help the South African Police Service (SAPS) safeguard transportation routes...

President Cyril Ramaphosa on 12 July presided over the National Rural Youth Service Corps (NARYSEC) passing out parade at the Dunnottar Military Base in...

The man at the helm of personnel in the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) told a recent, and reportedly overdue, communication period the South...

The five additions to the capabilities of the SA Army were under the microscope at a modern brigade progress meeting outside Free State capital...

The six-week sitting of the Lady R judicial inquiry is, in calendar terms, up today (Monday, 10 July) with not a word from Cyril...

Responses ranging from measured to hysterical are flying around a thuggish assault on SA National Defence Force (SANDF) military skills development (MSD) recruits by...

Lieutenant General Lawrence Mbatha heads up the largest sharp end component of the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) and holds regular “communication periods” with...

Defence and Military Veterans Minister Thandi Modise appears to have put issues around acquisition and payment for a Cuban COVID-19 prophylactic to bed, telling...

The long time development and delivery of new combat net radios (CNRs) reached another milestone at the SA Army Signal Formation with final operational...

Umtata-based 14 SA Infantry (SAI) Battalion has been hard at work in Limpopo, honing military skills essential for a successful operational deployment. The unit came...

The establishment of a dedicated Space Command Section within the South African Air Force (SAAF) is gaining momentum. During the Air and Space Power Symposium...

South Africa hasn’t sold or supplied arms or weapons to Russia since 2020, Mondli Gungubele, National Conventional Arms Control Committee (NCACC) chair, told a...

The Cuban connection in the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) continues to make its presence felt, with more driving simulators handed over to the...

Those tasked with ensuring military facilities are up to standard for their various intended purposes reside in the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) Works...

Longevity-wise, the 2021 Umzimvubu Regiment call-up saga is a far cry from the ‘Stalingrad tactics’ of Jacob Zuma’s legal team but the most recent...

Department of Defence (DoD) and SA National Defence Force (SANDF) efforts to boost the economy move into a higher gear in Northern Cape this...

Thabang Makwetla is deputy to Defence and Military Veterans Minister Thandi Modise and has political responsibility for South Africa’s military veteran community. That the Department...

Thirteen young men and women of the South African Air Force (SAAF) were awarded their coveted Wings at a Commission and Wings Insignia Parade...

Chief of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF), General Rudzani Maphwanya, is in Beijing where he is meeting with China’s defence minister General...

An SA Air Force (SAAF) staffer died in a crash en route to Potchefstroom yesterday delivering equipment for a fly-past as part of the...

Minister Thandi Modise’s Department of Defence and Military Veterans (DoDMV) is this week doing its bit for young people by way of Defence Youth...

Defence and Military Veterans Minister Thandi Modise has set 31 March next year as the deadline for a review and analysis of South Africa’s...

A pair of protectors from 500 Squadron of the SA Air Force (SAAF) has another skill set in their repertoire following successful completion of...

The SA Army’s flagship exercise and the only one at division level was held last year for the first time and planning for the...