Tag: Eastern Cape
SA Navy frigate wraps two-month maritime protection tasking
SAS Amatola (F145) completed a seven-week Operation Corona maritime tasking which saw a diversion to Durban to pay South African naval respects to the...
Police commit to clamping down on gang violence and extortion in...
The National Commissioner of the South African Police Service (SAPS), General Fannie Masemola, has deployed extra capacity to the Eastern Cape province to clamp...
Soldiers and police put the lid on Eastern Cape violence ahead...
Mthatha-headquartered 14 SA Infantry (SAI) Battalion was mobilised ahead of Election Day to assist police stopping violence and rioting in the Eastern Cape town.
The...
Troop rotation at two Op Corona border protection sites
There have been personnel changes on at least two of South Africa’s landward borders with new deployments of regular and reserve force soldiers replacing...
Addo to boost anti-poaching unit as E Cape poachers handed jail...
Eastern Cape is home to Addo Elephant National Park which, while not in the same league as Kruger when it comes to poaching, has...
SANDF assists with search and rescue in Eastern Cape following flooding
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has once again been called on to assist with disaster relief efforts in South Africa, this time...
ISS: Rising protests are a warning sign for South Africa’s government
Protests in South Africa, like the economic fallout of the COVID-19 lockdown, are here to stay. The pandemic has exposed socio-economic weaknesses resulting from...
Soldiers assist with COVID-19 screening, second SAHMS deployment readying for Eastern...
Soldiers are not only wielding assault rifles in support of police and other law enforcement agencies – they also brandish digital thermometers, aiding healthcare...
Military medics in Eastern Cape to help provincial health department
A team of 50 plus SA Military Health Service (SAMHS) professionals today (Monday, 6 July) started duties in the Eastern Cape, a province ravaged...
Mortar bombs found in Eastern Cape dam
Eastern Cape Police warned the Uitenhage community to guard against picking up or handing any strange or foreign objects recovered from the Strelitzia Dam.
This...
Mapisa-Nqakula’s Eastern Cape bridge visit is “electioneering”
The mandate of the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) includes assisting the people of South Africa but site visits by the Minister of Defence...
Army Sappers to build bridges in Eastern Cape
SA Army Chief Lieutenant General Lindile Yam said the Engineer Formation of the landward force has completed nine assessments for bridges to...
Engineers complete first East Cape bailey bridge
SA Army engineers have completed construction of a life changing bridge over the Xume River that enables access to a clinic and...
