Tag: deployment
Soldiers employed, not deployed, on coronavirus duty
As public noise around the use of the military to bring the coronavirus pandemic under control escalates, it is wise to heed the words...
Soldiers to continue fighting Cape Flats crime
Soldiers will remain on the troubled Cape Flats for another six months assisting police in combating especially gang-related crime.
The extension was announced on Monday,...
DR Congo deployment to cost just on a billion Rand
South Africa's fulfilment of "international obligations toward the United Nations in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)" for the next 12 months...
Mapisa-Nqakula has ordered an investigation into military deployment at SONA
Defence and Military Veterans Minister, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, this week told Parliament she has ordered an investigation into the deployment of soldiers before,...
South Sudan ready for new UN force deployment
South Sudan's government said it is ready to accept the deployment of a UN regional protection force at any time, after fighting...
Exclusive: Rooivalk is going to DRC
Three of the South African Air Force's Rooivalk combat support helicopters will be in the DRC before year-end to boost MONUSCO and...
Rooivalk looks set for DRC deployment
Just on 30 years after development work started on a home-grown attack helicopter, South Africa's Rooivalk seems set for its first operational...
South Africa’s latest DRC deployment to cost more than R400 million
South Africa's fulfilment of international obligations to the UN will see the country deploy 1 345 soldiers to the DRC at a...
Op Vimbezela cost more than R246 million over five years
In addition to the more than R160 million spent on the ill-fated Central African Republic (CAR) deployment and support for it earlier...
No rapid deployment capability for African Standby Force
There's still a way to go before the rapid deployment capability (RDC) of the African Union's African Standby Force (ASF) is operational,...
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SANDF missing the communication target
Former defence and military veterans minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula on a number of occasions said words to the effect South Africans have to decide what...
