Tag: SAMIM
Insurgency persists in northern Mozambique despite Rwandan efforts
Despite sporadic attacks by insurgents linked to the Islamic State, known as the Islamic State Mozambique (ISM) in the oil and gas rich Cabo...
South Africa spent more than R6 billion over four years to...
The three most recent continental peace mission deployments by the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) cost more than R6.5 billion over the last...
No more SA soldier deaths in DR Congo – Motshekga
An uMkhonto we Sizwe Party (MKP) National Assembly (NA) parliamentarian was told by Defence and Military Veterans Minister Angie Motshekga there is no increase...
6 SAI’s Operation Vikela deployment ends at De Brug
Shut down and demobilisation of the South African contingent for the now over Southern African Development Community (SADC) peace support mission in Mozambique (SAMIM)...
SAMIM lessons to form part of future SADC peacekeeping efforts
Southern African Development Community (SADC) senior representatives met in Maputo late last month (August) to review the bloc’s peacekeeping mission in Mozambique with a...
AU continental logistics base delivers for African peacekeeping missions
Douala, the Cameroonian port city home to the African Union (AU) Continental Logistics Base (CLB), has and is a one-stop hub for deploying security,...
SADC holds summit on regional peacekeeping missions
The recently ended Southern African Development Community (SADC) mission in Mozambique (SAMIM) and its current mission in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)...
AU solidarity field mission visiting Cabo Delgado
An African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council (PSC) delegation is currently in Mozambique to, amongst others, gather “first-hand information” on the situation in...
SAMIM operations conclude – pack up and equipment transport underway
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) ministerial committee on defence and security has commended both leadership and personnel involved in the just ended SADC...
SANDF peace missions get additional funding
National Treasury has allocated over R2 billion in funding from the National Revenue Fund to defray the costs of the South African National Defence...
Mozambique defence minister thanks SAMIM for Cabo Delgado contribution
The end of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) mission in Mozambique (SAMIM) has been officially noted by that country’s defence minister.
The regional bloc...
SAMIM criticism misses larger point
Since the announcement of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Mission in Mozambique (SAMIM) drawdown from Cabo Delgado province, there have been various criticisms...
6 SAI Op Vikela deployment done and dusted
The specialist airborne assault infantry battalion of the SA Army is back in South Africa following deployment to Mozambique as part of the now...
As SADC Mission in Mozambique winds down, terrorism resurges
As the Southern African Development Community Mission in Mozambique winds down its activities in the Cabo Delgado region, terrorists have begun to surge again...
SAMIM withdrawal from Cabo Delgado: uncomfortable truths
Why is the region turning away from an international terrorist organisation on its doorstep that is growing in influence?
On 16 May, Islamic State (IS)...
‘They are attacking my base’
“We need reinforcement, urgently. They’re coming to our base. We can hear the gunshots. They are here at the base.”
These were the panicked words...
SANDF soldiers survive ambush in Mozambique
South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers still serving with the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Mission in Mozambique (SAMIM) were ambushed by insurgents...
Two more troop contributing countries exit Mozambique
Angola and Namibia are the latest troop contributing countries (TCCs) to exit the South African Development Community (SADC) Mission in Mozambique (SAMIM) as the...
South African helicopter pilot killed in Cabo Delgado aircraft crash –...
A South African pilot, reportedly with flying hours logged for Dyck Advisory Group (DAG), was killed along with a police officer when a Bat...
Feature: SADC’s withdrawal from Mozambique – has SAMIM fulfilled its mandate?
Having been deployed to Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province for just under three years, 5 April 2024 marked the beginning of the Southern African Development...
No longer needed EU equipment gifted to Mozambican military
Part of the work-up to the mid-July conclusion of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) mission in Mozambique (SAMIM) has seen Mozambique’s armed forces...
Ramaphosa extends SANDF deployment to Mozambique even as withdrawal begins
SA National Defence Force (SANDF) Commander-in-Chief, President Cyril Ramaphosa, has added seven months to the deployment of the SANDF to the Southern African Development...
Op Vikela is over, SA troops flown back from Mozambique
South Africa’s contribution to the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Mission in Mozambique (SAMIM) is over as per a Presidential authorisation stating it ends...
Botswana exits SAMIM as Rwanda grows troop numbers
The withdrawal of the Botswana Defence Force (BDF) contingent to the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Mission in Mozambique (SAMIM) last week is the...
Jihadism in Mozambique: southern African forces are leaving with mixed results
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) military mission in Mozambique (Samim), which was deployed on 15 July 2021 to fight the Islamic insurgents terrorising...
SADC updated on its DR Congo and Mozambique missions
With one regional bloc peace mission winding up ahead of a July closure and another in the operationalisation process, a weekend Southern African Development...
SADC peace missions in the spotlight
Come Saturday, the eyes and ears of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) will be focussed on and tuned in to the Zambian capital,...
New SAMIM force commander is SA Army veteran
SA Army Major General Patrick Dube will, in all probability, be the final force commander of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Mission in...
SA contingent commander calls on SAMIM FOBs
As the days move inexorably on to July, when the Southern African Development Community (SADC) says its mission in Mozambique will end, set military...
SAMIM drawdown looming
The involvement of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) in ending years of insurrection in Mozambique’s northern Cabo Delgado province by way of a...
No SADC update yet on November 2022 body burning in Mozambique
Last January a gruesome video of bodies being burnt in Mozambique attracted widespread condemnation, but to date no more is known with only the...
SA Combat Team Bravo integral to SAMIM 70% success rate
Combat Team Bravo is the second SA National Defence Force (SANDF) front line rotation to the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Mission in Mozambique...
Big Chinese equipment boost for SAMIM
Now into its third year, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Mission in Mozambique (SAMIM) finds its equipment stores significantly bolstered by a $100...
SA Joint Ops peace boss calls on Op Vikela troops
The senior officer tasked with peace support operations at the Joint Operations Division of the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) called on the Operation...
Boat training for FADM and SAMIM
Sixteen soldiers are acquiring boat handling skills at the Forcas Armadas de Defesa de Mozambique (FADM) naval base in Pemba.
Twelve are Mozambicans with the...
New boss for SANDF Combat Group Bravo in Mozambique
The South African contingent of SAMIM (Southern African Development Community Mission in Mozambique) has a new commander.
Earlier this month Lieutenant Colonel Thando Mpangeva took...
SAMIM deployment extended for 12 months
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Mission in Mozambique (SAMIM) will remain in the east African country until mid-July next year to “consolidate gains...
Zambia Air Force deploys force protection unit to Mozambique as it...
The Zambia Air Force (ZAF) has been supporting the Southern African Development Community Mission in Mozambique (SAMIM) with its C-27J Spartan transport aircraft and...
Second SA combat group arrives in Cabo Delgado
The first South African combat group to serve under Operation Vikela in Mozambique – Alpha – has done its time and the second –...
SA military expenditure in DR Congo totals R2 billion plus in...
South African commitments to continental peacekeeping as part of government’s foreign policy falls squarely on the shoulders of the SA National Defence Force (SANDF)...
Extension of SANDF deployments in Mozambique and DRC to cost R2...
President Cyril Ramaphosa has extended the deployments of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) in Mozambique, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and...
ISS: Cabo Delgado – two years since the Palma invasion
For nearly two years, Mozambique resisted the call for foreign military intervention in Cabo Delgado to help fight the insurgency that started in 2017....
Moz body burning investigation ongoing
A gruesome video which surfaced earlier this year of bodies seemingly dumped into a fire and burnt in Mozambique by soldiers is still being...
SAAF Oryx performs difficult flood rescue in Mozambique
After a Mozambican military helicopter failed to rescue a stranded Mozambican from a flooded river, a South African Air Force (SAAF) Oryx crew managed...
Xinavane airstrip important cog for SAMIM logistics
SA Army two-star Xolani Mankayi, Southern African Development Community Mission in Mozambique (SAMIM) Force Commander, has just completed an extensive visit to all SAMIM...
Mozambican body burning video will be investigated – SADC
The regional body which authorised the multinational military deployment to Mozambique to combat terrorism – the Southern African Development Community (SADC) – has added...
“Disgusting” Moz body burning video prompts calls for urgent investigation and...
Two political parties and the country’s largest military trade union want speedy action following possible involvement of South African soldiers in what appears to...
Gruesome Mozambique video investigated
A brief, but graphic, video on social media seemingly showing South African soldiers complicit in burning bodies has drawn the comment “despicable” from the...
SADC ExecSec experiences SAMIM terrorist pursuit
Three days and four separate calls to SAMIM (Southern African Development Community Mission in Mozambique) areas of operation in the southern African country ended...
SAMIM finance and logistics a concern for AU Peace and Security...
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Mission in Mozambique (SAMIM) is the beneficiary of aid – financial, equipment and humanitarian – from continental blocs...
