Tag: SANDF
UN medals for SA soldiers in DRC
Eight hundred SA National Defence Force personnel, including 100 women, were presented with UN medals for 12 months service in the UN Stabilisation Mission...
Defence Minister rebukes DA for soldier sexual abuse comments
The Minister of Defence and Military Veterans has rebuked “misinformed insinuations” by a Democratic Alliance (DA) member of the National Council of Provinces (NCOP).
Following...
Ramaphosa extends SANDF Op Notlela employment
The “employment” of soldiers and other military personnel as part of the national effort to combat coronavirus has been extended until the end of...
Defence Minister rapped on the knuckles in NCOP
Defence and Military Veterans Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula was taken to task in the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) for claiming soldier sexual abuse was...
SA Special Forces workboat delivered
Veecraft Marine has delivered a 20 metre workboat, Inkanyamba, to the South African National Defence Force (SANDF), whose Special Forces will use it for...
Muslim Judicial Council appreciative of soldiers’ lockdown efforts
Brigadier General Monwabisi Jamangile, SA National Defence Force (SANDF) Chaplain General this week thanked the senior representative of the Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) for...
Defence Minister reports four soldier misconduct incidents during Op Notlela
Parliament has heard four cases of soldier misconduct involving civilians were reported to the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) since the national state of...
SANDF facing another tough defence budget vote
The South African Department of Defence is facing more bad news in terms of its budget allocation. Although it has been granted an additional...
SANDF silent on coronavirus statistics
The national defence force and its command council is keeping cards close to chest as far as coronavirus is concerned.
Earlier this month the SA...
Five maritime patrols this year under Operation Corona
The South Africa Navy plans to carry out five maritime patrols during the current financial year under the border safeguarding Operation Corona.
This is according...
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Coronavirus shows why the SANDF needs to be adequately funded
The deployment of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) to help fight the COVID-19 novel coronavirus yet again demonstrates the need for a...
