Tag: South Africs
PC-7 Mk IIs in mid-air incident
The SA National Defence Force (SANDF) confirmed a mid-air “incident” involving two training aircraft last month while preparing for the Africa Aerospace and Defence...
Collaboration and technology will boost border protection
One Parliamentary defence oversight committee – the Joint Standing Committee on Defence (JSCD) – maintains better collaboration between all components of Cabinet’s “justice and...
Soldiers bust cigarette smugglers on Zim border, police emulate them in-country
The best efforts of a stretched landward force to prevent contraband of all types flooding South Africa are to be seen in the millions...
Fourteen charged in connection with 2019 Tek Base weapons theft
Military justice, in common with its civilian counterpart, is not generally known for speed as evidenced in the theft of weapons from a SA...
Another international honour for Des Barker
Retired SA Air Force (SAAF) major general Des Barker added one more to an already impressive list of achievements when the Herman R Salmon...
Defence salaries a “critical challenge” – portfolio committee
While welcoming additional funding for the national defence force “earmarked for COVID-19 related activities”, Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans (PCDMV) again...
Soldiers confiscate R1.4 million worth of cigarettes on SA borders
Two separate cigarette “interceptions” by soldiers in the last week again show the ease with which smugglers breach thinly protected borders and just how...
