Tag: Monde Lobese
SA Navy Roll of Honour updated
The SA Navy (SAN) Roll of Honour in Simon’s Town has been updated and the occasion suitably commemorated with a wreath laying.
The commemorative event...
Lack of serviceable vessels sees SA Navy miss time at sea...
By its own admission and not entirely its own fault, the SA Navy (SAN) fell woefully short of its planned time at sea in...
Sea Power for Africa Symposium 2024 wraps up with key outcomes...
Fifteen African countries, including host South Africa, committed to a Sea Power for Africa Symposium (SPAS) Declaration of Intent during last week’s continental maritime...
SA Navy struggles to counter maritime threats amid severe underfunding
The South African Navy (SA Navy) is in crisis due to years of underfunding, a situation Vice Admiral Monde Lobese, Chief of the Navy,...
Navy Chief bemoans extra SANDF deployments as funding shrinks
SA Navy (SAN) Chief, Vice Admiral Monde Lobese, used a Military Skills Development (MSD) passing out parade to make public the growing utilisation of...
Navy HQ in Pretoria was stop three on Ministerial familiarisation tour
The South African Defence and Military Veterans Ministry familiarisation tour made its third service stop at the SA Navy (SAN) headquarters unit in downtown...
Machinery not working properly cited for SAN frigate not going to...
SA Navy (SAN) Chief, Vice Admiral Monde Lobese, explaining cancellation of a planned voyage to Russia by SAS Amatola (F145) put it down to...
Lobese’s visit to Iran boosts bilateral relations
SA Navy (SAN) Chief, Vice Admiral Monde Lobese, has visited Iran for strategic discussions as well as visits to naval bases, other defence facilities...
SA Navy Chief to Deliver Maritime Security Keynote at AAD 2024...
Chief of the South African Navy, Vice Admiral Monde Lobese, is scheduled to deliver the keynote address for the Maritime Security component of the...
New vessels needed for the SA Navy more than ever
With Houthi rebels attacking ships off the Horn of Africa and Red Sea and consequently diverting shipping around the Cape, SA Navy (SAN) Chief...
Lobese to address poor morale in the SA Navy
Speaking during a South African Navy 20 year long service medal parade in Simons Town on the last day of February, SA Navy Chief,...
SA Navy blesses third inshore patrol vessel amid CNavy warning on...
Ahead of official launch and naming, the South African Navy (SAN) blessed its third and latest addition to its Multi-Mission Inshore Patrol Vessel (MMIPV)...
SA Navy will hit the high seas this year with ship...
The South African Navy will this year send the frigate SAS Amatola to Russia for a parade and the logistics vessel SAS Drakensberg to...
SA Navy prepared to divorce itself from the Armscor Dockyard –...
The Chief of the South African Navy, Vice Admiral Monde Lobese, is tired of the inefficiency and poor performance of the Armscor Dockyard, which...
SAN Chief attends Indian Navy Exercise Milan
An SA Navy (SAN) delegation headed by Vice Admiral Monde Lobese was in the Indian city Visakhapatnam this month (February) participating in and observing...
SA Navy in intensive care – Lobese
First port of call for Deputy Defence and Military Veterans Minister Thabang Makwetla in 2024 was SA Navy (SAN) Headquarters, continuing a schedule of...
SA Navy Chief visits Egyptian counterpart
The Chief of the SA Navy, Vice Admiral Monde Lobese, has met his Egyptian counterpart during a visit to the North African nation.
Lobese was...
SA Navy to host Sea Power for Africa Symposium and send...
In pursuit of international partnerships and collaboration, the South African Navy will next year host the Sea Power for Africa Symposium, and send a...
Lobese pleads for the underfunding of the SA Navy to stop
Chief of the SA Navy, Vice Admiral Monde Lobese, has begged government to stop underfunding the service as its ability to protect South Africa’s...
Progress being made in fixing SA Navy – Lobese
Submarine and frigate refits, new inshore patrol vessels and a new hydrographic survey vessel are some of the markers of progress the SA Navy...
SA Navy holds memorial service for fallen submariners
Family, colleagues and friends gathered at a moving commemoration service at the Wynberg Military Base Sports Complex in Cape Town on Wednesday to honour...
SA Navy Chief seeks improved African maritime security through cooperation, exercises
SA Navy (SAN) Chief, Vice Admiral Monde Lobese, gave delegates to last week’s IMDEC (International Maritime Defence Exhibition and Conference) in Ghana an insight...
SA Navy in attendance at IMDEC 2023 in Ghana
South African Navy Chief, Vice Admiral Monde Lobese, is one of the dignitaries attending the third International Maritime Defence Exhibition and Conference (IMDEC 2023)...
SA Navy Chief visits Russia, promotes BRICS alliance
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...
SA Navy Chief refutes and clarifies SAS Drakensberg allegations
Chief of the South African Navy, Vice Admiral Monde Lobese, has refuted “spurious” allegations made against him alleging his involvement in the awarding of...
This year is a “turning point” for the SA Navy –...
Chief of the SA Navy (SAN), Vice Admiral Monde Lobese, believes the 2023/24 financial year will be a turning point for the Navy as...
SAN to set up shop in Richards Bay
South Africa’s eastern seaboard features prominently in the future of the SA Navy (SAN) with a new base in the offing at the port...
New Navy chief aims to get ships back to sea
Vice Admiral Monde Lobese knows he has a tough mission ahead of him, having only been appointed Chief of the South African Navy on...
Retiring Navy Chief sounds alarm
After eight long and challenging years, outgoing Chief of the South African Navy, Vice Admiral Mosiwa Hlongwane, sounded a warning to politicians to ensure...
New CNavy won’t allow budgetary constraints to interfere with operations
“Budgetary constraints” will not stand in the way of the SA Navy (SAN) when it comes to executing its mandate of providing prepared and...
Lobese confirmed as new SA Navy Chief
As of today (1 November) the SA Navy (SAN) has a permanent chief in the form of Rear Admiral Monde Lobese, confirmed by a...
