Tag: SA Navy
Defence readiness under fire as MPs grill Armscor over failing Navy...
Members of Parliament from across the political spectrum on Friday interrogated Armscor and the Department of Defence (DoD) over delays, underfunding, and systemic risks...
Secrecy around SAS Manthatisi board of inquiry report questioned
Nineteen months after the SA Navy (SAN) lost three submariners in a bad weather incident off Kommetjie in the Western Cape, the Board of...
Armscor/SA Navy oversight briefing runs aground as Motshekga fails to pitch
Simon’s Town, home to the premier base of the SA Navy (SAN) and its fleet headquarters as well as the Armscor dockyard, was the...
India and South Africa wrap up first joint submarine training programme
Simon’s Town, home port to the SA Navy (SAN) submarine component, hosted the first joint operational sea training (OST) for underwater craft with India...
South African seas and skies “vulnerable”
Gaps in the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) radar net are reportedly the newest addition to the “broken, damaged or unusable” list of equipment...
Three vessels later Damen Shipyards Cape Town ready, willing and able...
The late April delivery of the third multi-mission inshore patrol vessel (MMIPV) for the SA Navy (SAN) was not only the culmination of a...
“Sensitivity” sees back-to-back naval events in Durban
The flurry of naval activity on and around Salisbury Island in the Port of Durban last week was ascribed to “respect” and “sensitivity” by...
Third MMIPV standing by to enter SA Navy inventory
Come Friday 25 April, the coastal patrol fleet renewal programme of the SA Navy (SAN) will be complete with the commissioning of SAS Adam...
Ramaphosa extends Operation Copper maritime security deployment
President Cyril Ramaphosa in his capacity as Commander-in-Chief of the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) has authorised a year-long extension to a Southern African...
SANHO/UK Hydrographic Office collaborate to boost navigation safety
South Africa and the United Kingdom, via the hydrographic offices of their respective navies, furthered a longstanding relationship with the signing of an implementation...
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...
Project Biro a testament to localisation and job creation in South...
When Jos Govaarts stood up at the 2018 Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) exhibition to present his concept for the South African Navy’s Multi...
SA Navy regulations now provide for command at sea and ashore...
What was once a “badge of pride” for Navy (SAN) officers, denoting Command at Sea, has been joined by a Command Ashore one raising...
NCOP security and justice oversight committee will advocate for more defence...
That all is not well in the maritime service of the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) was acknowledged by the National Council of Provinces...
No Christmas MMIPV for the Navy
The SA Navy (SAN) will not add multi-mission inshore patrol vessel (MMIPV) number three to its fleet inventory this year.
The Damen Shipyards Cape Town...
“Tripartite engagements” will see new Navy hydrographic vessel completed
Armscor, according to Defence and Military Veterans Minister Angie Motshekga, has initiated “tripartite engagements to arrest further decline” in completing the build of the...
New boss for Naval Base Simon’s Town
In the same week a new Flag Officer Fleet (FOF) was named in Simon’s Town, management of the premier SA Navy (SAN) base at...
Confidential information why SA Navy, NCOP oversight committee briefing was in...
This month’s oversight visit to the SA Navy fleet headquarters by the Select Committee on Security and Justice (SCSJ) was, in part, a closed...
SANDF fleet at ‘all-time low’ as the military ‘sits helpless’
"Whether on ground, in the air or at sea, the SANDF sits helpless,” is National Council of Provinces (NCOP) member of the Select Committee...
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...
November is OTE month for SAS King Adam Kok III
Service entry is approaching for the South African Navy’s third and final multi-mission inshore patrol vessel (MMIPV), with operational testing and evaluation (OTE) scheduled...
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...
Navy Festival about tradition and showing South Africans their Navy
The weekend’s Navy Festival in Simon’s Town, in addition to giving Mr and Mrs John Citizen some idea of what a previous SA Navy...
Budget cuts, not mismanagement, at the heart of SANDF maintenance issues
Limited funding for maintenance combined with budget cuts has left the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) with no money to maintain the equipment...
Busy time ahead for Amatola
SAS Amatola (F145), the first Valour Class frigate to be taken into SA Navy (SAN) service, is said to be at “a constabulary level...
SA Navy platform non-availability blamed on Armscor dockyard
As its prime customer, the SA Navy (SAN) has twice “registered its concerns with the chronic under-performance of Armscor dockyard”.
In a nutshell, that...
Naval Base Simon’s Town buildings renamed to honour dead submariners
One of the single biggest loss of lives – three - operationally in the SA Navy (SAN) since democracy has been honoured with buildings...
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...
No human blame apportioned for 2023 Manthatisi deaths
The September 2023 incident involving the SA Navy (SAN) submarine SAS Manthatisi (S101) and an SA Air Force (SAAF) Super Lynx helicopter could not...
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...
SANDF delegation reviews Project Hotel during call on Sandock Austral Shipyards
The men and women charged with keeping the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) focussed and on track met in Durban last week for the...
Griqua royal house approves third SAN MMIPV name
An SA Navy (SAN) delegation called on Matatiele to update the Royal House of the Griqua Nation on its third multi-mission inshore patrol vessel...
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...
Naval Base Simon’s Town hosts DFSC fact-finding mission
Charged with, among others, ensuring salaries and service benefits of uniformed SA National Defence Force (SANDF) personnel are fair, the Defence Force Service Commission...
Amatola not going to Russia – defects and lack of maintenance...
Another ambitious SA Navy (SAN) target for this year will not be realised with the cancellation of a St Petersburg visit by a Valour...
Manthatisi and Vuk’uhlome BOIs still “in process”
Military boards of inquiry (BOIs) into causes of deaths during two incidents last year are now in the hands of service commanders and military...
When is SAS Drakensberg going to Cuba and South America?
SA Navy (SAN) Chief Vice Admiral Monde Lobese has set ambitious targets for the maritime component of the SA National Defence Force (SANDF), and...
Lobese reaches out to Chinese Navy
China, in the form of the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN), last month became the latest country to be ticked off by SA Navy...
Saldanha to host ex Ibsamar come October
Saldanha is seemingly the SA Navy (SAN) venue of choice for naval exercises this year with Ibsamar set down for October in the wake...
Recruiting underway for SA Special Forces operators and Navy divers
It is widely accepted that soldiering, in the broadest sense of the word, is not an easy profession and there are certain musterings taking...
Third SAN MMIPV set for OTE come September
September this year will see the scheduled commencement of sea trials for multi-mission inshore patrol vessel (MMIPV) number three, the final platform in the...
Preparations underway for Ex Ibsamar 2024
A recent flurry of ashore activity at SA Navy (SAN) fleet headquarters in Simon’s Town signalled earnest intentions for a multinational naval exercise later...
Third SA Navy MMIPV to be christened on Friday
Damen Shipyards Cape Town (DSCT) and the SA Navy (SAN) will christen the latest addition to the fleet – multi-mission inshore patrol vessel (MMIPV)...
Manthatisi BOI at review stage
The SA Navy (SAN) appointed board of inquiry (BOI) into the September incident resulting in three deaths when a training exercise involving a submarine...
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 Special Forces Association also part of submarine museum project
In a move sure to be welcomed by those behind the submarine museum project, the SA Special Forces Association (SASFA) will appeal for donations...
Exercise Good Hope VIII underway
The eighth edition of Exercise Good Hope, between the South African and German Navies, has commenced off South Africa’s West Coast, although on a...
Saldanha graduation parade for youth leadership recruits
Being the smallest combat service in the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) does not mean the SA Navy (SAN) shirks its duties to government's...
