Tag: Operation Corona
Illegal immigration down in January, but SANDF had hands full with...
SA Army soldiers on border protection duties had it relatively quiet in January as far as putting the brakes on illegal immigration but had...
SAS Amatola begins maritime security patrol
The South African Navy’s Valour class frigate SAS Amatola has embarked on a maritime security patrol as part of border safeguarding Operation Corona.
According to...
R1.1 million dagga bust by SANDF Op Corona soldiers
South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers on Operation Corona border patrol duty this week recorded a massive dagga bust, amongst other successes.
On 9...
SANDF soldiers recover millions of Rands worth of stolen vehicles, drugs...
South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers in Mpumalanga had a busy October doing border protection duty, recovering R3 million worth of stolen vehicles...
SANDF soldiers seize nearly R1 million worth of dagga in Mpumalanga
South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers have recovered nearly 200 kg of dagga during patrols along the border with Mozambique and Eswatini.
Lieutenant Fundiswa...
Border protection seemingly working, SANDF stats show
A breakdown of September Operation Corona successes shows a decrease in the number of illegal immigrants intercepted by soldiers as well as a substantial...
Soldiers stopped drugs worth R10 million entering SA in August
Mozambique and Eswatini were the largest unofficial drug exporters to South Africa in August, according to statistics supplied by the Joint Operations Division of...
Soldiers recover stolen vehicle, seize huge dagga consignment on border patrols
South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers on border patrol duty have recovered a stolen vehicle and nearly 300 kg of dagga in the...
Contraband and narcotics seizures top July Op Corona actions
The thin camouflage line of SA National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers patrolling all seven South African land borders under Operation Corona in July intercepted,...
“Substantial” dagga bust finishes good July for Op Corona soldiers
July ended on a high for regular and reserve force soldiers working South Africa’s land borders with Eswatini and Zimbabwe by way of a...
SANDF soldiers recover four stolen vehicles on the border in three...
South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers on border patrol in Limpopo have recovered more than R2 million worth of stolen vehicles in three...
SANDF soldiers curb contraband pipelines
South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers deployed along South Africa’s land borders with Lesotho and Zimbabwe had their hands full preventing over R10...
SANDF recovers vehicle after smugglers get it stuck in Limpopo River
South Africa National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers on border patrol have recovered a staff bus from the Limpopo River, after it got stuck there...
SANDF acquires MAX 3 armoured vehicles, surveillance equipment for border patrols
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has acquired half a dozen SVI MAX 3 armoured vehicles as well as surveillance equipment to help...
Business as usual in December for Op Corona soldiers
December 2023 was no different from other months for soldiers deployed on the standing SA National Defence Force (SANDF) border protection tasking – Operation...
Op Corona patrols net 600 plus illegals in November
A month’s work of patrolling mostly inhospitable terrain along South Africa’s land borders saw thinly spread SA Army regular and reserve soldiers net 607...
SANDF recovers millions of Rands worth of stolen vehicles, drugs and...
South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers on Operation Corona border patrol have in one week recovered millions of Rands worth of stolen vehicles...
Funding shortfall hampers border protection and safeguarding
In auditing the Department of Defence (DoD) annual report for 2022/23, Auditor-General Tsakani Maluleke’s budgetary review and recommendations report (BRRR) specifies funding as the...
Seven companies vying for Armscor APC tender
The South African Army’s search for new armoured personnel carriers (APCs) to replace its current border patrol vehicles is seeing seven South African defence...
SANDF soldiers recover hijacked vehicle, illicit cigarettes
South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers on border protection duty in Limpopo have recovered a hijacked vehicle and seized two cars smuggling illicit...
Another big cigarette bust for SANDF soldiers
South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers on border patrol have seized over R1 million worth of illicit cigarettes from smugglers in Limpopo, days...
SANDF soldiers recover water tanker on Lesotho border
By far the most intriguing “item” recovered by South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers on the border protection tasking Operation Corona last month...
Procurement failures mean force multiplier tech for border security has not...
Procurement challenges have contributed to the fact that the Department of Defence (DoD) has not spent resources allocated for the procurement of technology that...
Small drop in number of illegal immigrants nabbed by soldiers in...
April saw a drop of 273 illegal immigrants stopped by soldiers on South Africa’s land borders compared to March when 1 443 were handed to...
More stolen vehicles recovered by SANDF soldiers on border patrol
Vehicle smugglers failed in their attempts to smuggle nearly half a dozen vehicles out of South Africa after South African National Defence Force (SANDF)...
Technology needed as border protection force multiplier
Technological innovation is needed if the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) border protection tasking is to “enhance” work executed under the Operation Corona mandate.
Parliament’s...
Operation Corona deterring poachers in the Overstrand
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) maintains its Operation Corona border safeguarding deployment in the Western Cape is successfully deterring illegal fishing activities.
For...
More border patrol successes for SANDF
Stolen vehicles, drugs, illegal immigrants and home appliances have recently been in the crosshairs of South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers on Operation...
SANDF recovers four stolen vehicles in one night; suspect killed in...
South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers from 9 South African Infantry Battalion (9 SAI) have recovered five stolen vehicles in two days, including...
Drugs, guns, and stolen vehicles once again targeted by soldiers on...
South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers on Operation Corona border protection duty had another busy month in May, with millions of rands worth...
Soldiers on border patrol confiscate illicit cigarettes worth R1 million
South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers on border patrol have over the past week recovered a million rands’ worth of illicit cigarettes and...
Reserve Force unit Lenong Regiment on border protection tour of duty
Alpha Company of West Rand headquartered Reserve Force unit Lenong Regiment are the new keepers of South Africa’s territorial integrity on the Botswana border.
On...
SANDF deploys to Western Cape to fight poaching
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has deployed to the Overstand region of the Western Cape to combat the poaching of abalone and...
Illegal immigrant flow from Mozambique and Zimbabwe continues unabated
The largest sources of illegal immigrants to South Africa are its eastern and northern neighbours – Mozambique and Zimbabwe.
The February Operation Corona statistics compiled...
SANDF continues to counter cross-border crimes
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) continues to record successes in combating cross-border crimes under Operation Corona, including the seizure of drugs and...
Explosives, illicit cigarettes confiscated by SANDF during border patrols
In addition to the usual haul of illicit cigarettes and other contraband, members of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) have confiscated explosives...
New border fencing and improved military facilities in the pipeline
The newest addition to South Africa’s list of agencies, authorities and other government sanctioned organisations – the Border Management Authority (BMA) – is set...
Additional border safeguarding initiatives detailed by Joint Operations
The Joint Operations Division of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has been allocated additional funding for border safeguarding initiatives, and this includes...
Defence Force Service Commission makes Op Corona recommendations after critical findings
South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers deployed on the borders under Operation Corona have no authority to intercept vehicles, have poor communications equipment,...
SANDF recovers another stolen vehicle
South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers have recovered another stolen vehicle whilst on Operation Corona border patrol duties.
Soldiers from 1 Special Services Battalion...
Millions of Rands worth of illicit cigarettes, stolen vehicles recovered by...
South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers on Operation Corona border protection duty have recovered illicit cigarettes worth nearly R2 million and several vehicles...
More border security successes for SANDF soldiers
SA National Defence Force (SANDF) members deployed along South Africa’s borders on Operation Corona duty have recovered another stolen vehicle and contraband.
Soldiers patrolling the...
Huge cigarette bust for Op Corona soldiers
South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers, along with members of the South African Police Service (SAPS), have seized more than R5 million worth...
Livestock, drugs and vehicles recovered by soldiers on Op Corona duty
South African soldiers on Operation Corona border protection duty have recorded more successes, recovering several stolen vehicles, drugs and livestock. Unusually for Operation Corona...
Soldiers on border patrol help recover stolen vehicle, illegal firearm
Another example of soldiers “doing good” as it were while on Operation Corona border protection duty came last week with the recovery of a...
Wildlife, bribery and cigarettes part of latest Op Corona successes
Confronting bribery, illicit cigarettes and illegally hunted wildlife was all in a day’s work for South African soldiers deployed on Operation Corona border protection...
SANDF recovers more stolen vehicles on SA’s borders
South African Army soldiers have recovered another two stolen vehicles along South Africa’s borders as part of Operation Corona border patrols.
In the early hours...
More big successes for Operation Corona soldiers
South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers on Operation Corona border patrol duties have once again recorded big successes in securing South Africa’s borders,...
SANDF fighting abalone poaching in the Overstrand
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has deployed to the Overstrand region of the Western Cape to combat poaching and related crime in...
MPs’ oversight visit provides first-hand information on Op Corona
Parliamentarians with first-hand knowledge of at least some aspects of the national border protection tasking want more resources, both in terms of equipment and...
