Tag: Defence Review

Now that the Defence Minister has made her public pronouncements on the Defence Review and the fact it still has to be...

Unpacking the Defence Review compiled by Roelf Meyer and his team Defence and Military Veterans Minister, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, pointed out there was...

The Ceasefire Campaign has called on South Africans to resist further defence spending as advocated by the Defence Review, during the annual...

After being in limbo for almost 16 years, with no review of its role since 1998, the South African National Defence Force...

An important element of the Defence Review is its consideration of the defence industry which is needed to define the capability actually...

The Defence Review serves a triple purpose: it closes the gap between the 1998 Review and the strategic situation of today; it...

South Africa's cash-strapped armed forces are in a "critical state of decline" that will take at least a decade to fix even...

A 15 word sentence in the statement on this week's Cabinet meeting will boost the country's entire defence community. The sentence reads: "Cabinet...

It appears unlikely Roelf Meyer's Defence Review with be tabled in Parliament before it rises ahead of the May election, even though...

There is still no clarity on when the Defence Review will make it to Parliament with Secretary for Defence, Dr Sam Gulube,...

Just last week Defence and Military Veterans Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula again asserted the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) was "a national asset"...

An indication of the priority rating, or lack of it, attached to the Defence Review comes from Shadow Defence and Military Veterans...

Roelf Meyer and his Defence Review committee members can be forgiven for feeling their work has been in vain - the days...

The changes made to the second draft of the Defence Review are akin to rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic as the...

South Africa's wider defence community will have to wait at least four months to find out how much the 2012 Defence Review...

The Defence Review Committee has had its final public interaction marking the end of a long and arduous road that has seen...

The British Army is to shrink by a fifth and lose some 23 battalions as part of an economy drive. The transformation...

Never has the time been so ripe and conducive for the growth of the local South African Defence Industry (SADI). Reading the...

The South African National Defence Force's main duties are currently sea and land border protection and peacekeeping on the African continent, according...

The draft Defence Review 2012 will be the main focus of Minister of Defence and Military Veterans Lindiwe Sisulu's Budget Vote on...

The current military disciplinary system, which entered into force in 1999, has not served its intended purpose, the current consultative draft of...

The acquisition focus of the South African National Defence Force in the near term will be on crisis response, border security and...

One hopes industry has read, re-read and read again the consultative draft of the 2012 Defence Review released last Thursday. The final chapter,...

The consultative draft of the 2012 Defence Review states government will support "niche capability areas in which the South African defence and...

The 2012 Defence Review will have significant impact on industry ownership, if the current consultative draft is implemented. The document, released last Thursday,...

The consultative draft of the 2012 Defence Review again commits South Africa's Department of Defence to develop a healthy partnership with its...

Defence minister Lindiwe Sisulu has received a draft of a long-awaited defence review against the backdrop of the Indian Ocean Naval Symposium...

Minister of Defence and Military Veterans has received a draft of a long-awaited defence review. Prepared by a committee, chaired by...

MEDIA STATEMENT: THE RELEASE OF THE DRAFT 2012 DEFENCE REVIEW DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT: THURSDAY 12 APRIL 2012: CSIR, PRETORIA It is a...

Australian Parliamentary Secretary for Defence, Senator David Feeney, and Commander 2nd Division, Major General Craig Williams AM announced major reforms for the...

Managing vulnerabilities in relation to strengths will define the major part of the Defence Review, Minister of Defence and Military Veterans Lindiwe...

The decision to scrap the Royal Air Force's Sentinel reconnaissance aircraft under defence cuts is to be reviewed following its performance over...

Delegates attending the first international seminar on South African defence policy review agreed that the South African National Defence force must respond...

Address by LN Sisulu, Minister of Defence and Military Veterans at the Defence Review workshop, Cape Town, November 24, 2011 Minister Namoloh, Minister...

Minister of Defence and Military Veterans Lindiwe Sisulu will this afternoon at 2pm open an international seminar on the updating of the...

The South African Defence Review Committee (SADRC) has lauded sterling work of more than one thousand South African National Defence Force (SANDF)...

As Roelf Meyer's Defence Review Committee studies the future course of South Africa's defence policy, it does well to reflect on the...

Defence Review Committee (SRC) member Tony Yengeni has been convicted of breaching the Companies Act on four counts. It is Yengeni's second...

The Defence Review Committee (DRC) tasked by defence minister Lindiwe Sisulu is an excellent idea and clearly a lesson learned from the...

Minister of Defence and Military Veterans Lindiwe Sisulu wants a wide-ranging defence review with maximum public participation to guide policy far into...

REMARKS BY THE MINISTER OF DEFENCE AND MILITARY VETERANS, MS LINDIWE SISULU AT THE MEDIA LAUNCH OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN DEFENCE REVIEW...

The Defence Review Committee has organised itself into two components, namely that of a strategic direction group and that of a resource...

Minister of Defence and Military Veterans Lindiwe Sisulu will today announce a total defence policy review for South Africa, her office says....

The Democratic Alliance (DA) says a defence review is absolutely vital "because it provides an opportunity to reset the mandate, capabilities and...

The Afrikaans daily, Beeld, reports Minister of Defence and Military Veterans Lindiwe Sisulu has appointed a "heavy-weight" committee to review the latest...

South Africa will shortly have a defence debate and I wonder if we are mature let alone informed enough to have it....

Efforts to update South Africa's teenaged defence policy has to date cost over R500 000, but so far to no effect. The...

Lindiwe Sisulu, the defence and military veterans minister, has tasked her military adviser, Lieutenant General (Retired) Maomela "Mojo" Motau to produce a...

The South African Navy will today host a maritime capability demonstration at Naval Base Simon's Town to demonstrate "to the people of...

The National Treasury's Estimates of National Expenditure (ENE) document for defence and military veterans says South Africa's short term (one year) "key...