Tag: Combat Training Centre
SAAF in Northern Cape for Army exercise
The airborne arm of the national defence force – the SA Air Force (SAAF) – is an active component of the Ukuthula force preparation...
First arrivals for Exercise Shared Accord reported
Movement of US military equipment into South Africa ahead of the bilateral Exercise Shared Accord started this week with reliable sources reporting...
Ex Young Eagle bush phase currently underway
The bush phase of Exercise Young Eagle, the land-based component of the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) force preparation exercise, is currently...
Ratel rolls, zero injuries
More proof of the durability and strength of the SA Army's current infantry fighting vehicle, the Ratel, was brought to the fore...
Amani Africa FTX gets underway at CTC
The vision of achieving a united, peaceful and prosperous Africa entered a new phase on Monday when a large multi-country military exercise...
Amani Africa convoys will move across South Africa this week
A number of roads in South Africa will this week carry reasonably heavy volumes of military traffic as armed forces from neighbouring...
Amani Africa field training exercise will be split into two phases
The SA Army Combat Training Centre (CTC) is in the final preparation stage to hosting a multi-country force field training exercise that...
Amani Africa deployments to start arriving in SA next week
In just over a week South Africans, particularly those near some landward ports of entry, will have visual proof something major on...
Defence training and simulation conference postponed
Barely a month ahead of its scheduled start the third annual military training and simulation conference has been postponed for a year...
Exercise Young Eagle underway at Lohathla
Force preparation levels in the SA Army are currently under the microscope at the Combat Training Centre (CTC) in Northern Cape with...
Amani Africa 11 field training exercise will lead to ASF operationalisation
When troops from all over Africa move into position for the opening gambits of the field training exercise marking the end of...
More than 5,000 soldiers coming to Lohathla for Amani Africa
The African Union (AU) field training exercise Amani Africa II set to take place at the SA Army Combat Training Centre (CTC)...
Court orders Defence Minister to pay after general spat at senior...
A senior warrant officer who was on the receiving end of a rant which included shouting and spitting by the current Director:...
Successful simulation exercise at CTC
The single largest military training area in South Africa was aptly home to what is believed to be the single largest training...
Successful simulation exercise at CTC
The single largest military training area in South Africa was aptly home to what is believed to be the single largest training...
More legal wrangling coming for the SANDF
In January this year Freedom Front Plus defence and security spokesman Pieter Groenewald warned of the danger of political correctness becoming subservient...
Exercise Seboka training beyond peacekeeping
SA Army Chief, Lieutenant General Vusi Masondo, has shed light on South Africa's contribution to the African Union peacekeeping initiative known as...
Exercise Seboka not limited to landward forces this year
This year's Exercise Seboka will, according to the Director: Corporate Communications of the SA National Defence Force (SANDF), be different to previous...