Tag: Xolani Mabanga
SANDF not “a petty party political organisation”
A weekend warning by Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) president and commander in chief Julius Malema that "soldiers are going to turn their...
SANDF responds to military trade union on ongoing legal action around...
The SA National Defence Force's (SANDF) director: corporate communication, maintains the SA National Defence Union (Sandu) has made "unfortunate insinuations" as regards...
SANDF again warns Sandu against provocation
Not content with the country's top soldier condemning the SA National Defence Union's (Sandu) attempts to bring the military into the possible...
SA military court sitting in the DRC
South African military justice is in theatre this week to try 32 soldiers accused of misconduct by MONUSCO, the UN mission to...
SANDF warns against recruitment scam in Free State
The SANDF has warned young men and women in particularly the Ficksburg area of Free State not to be taken in by...
More Mandela medal parades coming
The SA National Defence Force's well-intentioned plan to honour the memory of former president Nelson Mandela with a series of medal parades...
SA soldiers on peacekeeping deployments allegedly involved in sexual abuse
The SA National Defence Force's (SANDF) reaction to a UN report on the sexual shenanigans of peacekeepers, which alleges South African soldiers...
SA soldiers coming home from the DRC this weekend
South African soldiers stranded in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) thanks to an apparent aviation administrative snarl-up are expected home this...
Pay problems for trainee military paramedics
About 20 trainee paramedics in the SA Military Health Services (SAMHS) maintain they are not being cared for by the SA National...
Military justice currently on hold
The application of justice in the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) is on hold at present while the assignment of senior military...
Close to 10,000 Mandela medals to be awarded by mid-year
An SA National Defence Force (SANDF) initiative to honour the memory of democratic South Africa's first president by awarding medals to those...
More public violence charges struck from the roll in ongoing Union...
Another development around the now infamous Union Buildings protest and its subsequent pre-trial and trial hearings came this week with the announcement...
Union Buildings protestors will not face public violence charges
Charges of public violence against 76 soldiers following the 2009 Union Buildings protest have been withdrawn.
The SA National Defence Union (Sandu) via...
Potchefstroom to host Armed Forces Day 2015
Potchefstroom in the North West province will host Armed Forces Day 2015 on Saturday, February 21.
In 2012 South African National Defence Force...
Another SANDF recruitment scam
The SA National Defence Force (SANDF) has had another employment scam operating in Western Cape reported to it.
"The SANDF recruitment process is...
More soldiers acquitted for Union Buildings protest
Another 38 soldiers charged with being AWOL on August 26 five years ago – the day of the unruly Union Building protest...
Full calendar keeps SANDF out of Ex Southern Accord
The just completed Africom-led Exercise Southern Accord happened without a South African component.
Over a period of two weeks last month more than...
Exercise Seboka not limited to landward forces this year
This year's Exercise Seboka will, according to the Director: Corporate Communications of the SA National Defence Force (SANDF), be different to previous...
SANDF battalion for ACIRC
South African President Jacob Zuma's commitment to the nascent African Capacity for Immediate Response to Crises (ACIRC) force is currently the major...
Union Buildings protest trial still dragging on
Soldiers who apparently unlawfully went on a protest march to the Union Buildings in 2009 have been split into three distinct groups...
Top Sandu man wants financial compensation for alleged defamation by the...
The SA National Defence Union (Sandu), in the person of its national secretary Pikkie Greeff, has taken exception to a statement issued...
Verbal skirmishing escalates as Union Buildings trial again put on hold
Legal wrangling has again seen a delay in the ongoing trial of soldiers who protested, apparently against orders, outside the Union Buildings...
Another delay in Union Buildings protest trial
More than 600 renegade SA National Defence Force soldiers face the boot.
The 655 soldiers are part of a group of 1...
SANDF on flood relief standby
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has been placed on standby to assist with flood relief as heavy rains continue across...
Armed Forces Day parade in Bloemfontein this year
SA National Defence Force (SANDF) Commander-in-Chief, President Jacob Zuma, will confer bravery medals on soldiers who "demonstrated heroism" during the Battle for...
Only a handful of soldiers on trial for 2009 Union Buildings...
Four and a half years ago 1 200 soldiers were placed on special leave following a protest march to the Union Buildings...
