Tag: Silvermine
New Silvermine perimeter fence nearing completion
It’s guard duty for the Maritime Reaction Squadron (MRS) of the SA Navy (SAN) while new fencing goes up at the Silvermine communications facility...
Deputy defence minister at Silvermine
A high-level delegation with the Deputy Defence and Military Veterans Minister at the helm was recently at Cape Town’s Silvermine military base – one...
Copper and cable thieves target Silvermine for the second time this...
Silvermine, the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) high-tech communications facility, has again been targeted by thieves who took antennas and copper cable,...
Antennas and copper cable stolen from Silvermine – again
The SA Navy has again had to revert to using communication links in Durban and aboard a submarine to maintain contact with...
Saab Grintek Defence to provide SA Navy with TactiCall communications system
Saab Grintek Defence (SGD) has been awarded a contract by Armscor (IMT - Institute Maritime Technology) for a TactiCall Integrated Communications System,...
Silvermine copper theft not affecting naval communications
The theft of substantial quantities of copper cable from the Navy's communications centre at Silvermine has not impacted in any way on...
