The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) is facing serious challenges in maintaining its Reserve Force, with ...

The Military Skills Development System (MSDS) is the main SA National Defence Force (SANDF) contributor to government’s ...

The decision was a logical consequence of Donald Trump’s decision to suspend aid to South Africa, the ministry said ...

The directive, addressed to Aaron Harding, the Chief Financial Officer of the US Defence Security Cooperation Agency (DCSA), ...

Despite a defence budget of over R55 billion, South African troops in the DRC are reportedly running out of ammunition and ...

South Africa’s relationship with the US has suffered another blow, with the world largest economy reportedly cutting military ...

The South African National Defence Force announced that the remains of the soldiers will be repatriated on 5 February 2026 The soldiers were killed when the M23 rebels ambushed a SANDF base in ...

CAPE TOWN - Independent defence and political analyst Kobus Marais says it's concerning that the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has only six military aircraft that are operational.

Although this operation aimed to protect South Africa’s energy security, it diverted military resources from their primary defence mandate. The SANDF continues to provide assistance during ...

As the South African taxpayer braces for a hefty annual expenditure of nearly R2.5 billion on an SANDF deployment to ... regarding the dire state of the military bases scattered across the country.

The Department of Defence's annual reports show that the number of SANDF members dropped from almost 80,000 in 2013/14 to just below 70,000 ten years later. Olivier's opinion is that "in virtually ...

the SANDF in a statement noted that the videos aim to portray the national defence force as disorganised and ill-disciplined. “The videos are further meant to demoralise our dedicated military ...