Trailer park homes” in the Northern Cape town of Postmasburg, apparently declared unsafe over 10 years ago, raised the ire of a local councillor who wants the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) to ...

Armed forces are known for their abbreviations and acronyms. Organisations tasked with defending their countries against ...

South Africa’s strained relationship with the United States has suffered another blow. The world’s biggest economy is reportedly cutting military ties with South Africa and expelling its ...

The South African National Defence Force, when approached for comment ... (DCSA), instructs that all foreign aid and military assistance to South Africa be immediately halted. This includes the ...

The Joint Operations Division is responsible for internal and external operations conducted by the SANDF and for the employment of joint forces. Major-General Sangweni began his military career in the ...

The defence minister claimed South Africa’s army ranks third in Africa, after Egypt and Algeria. Experts say numbers on paper don’t equal effectiveness.

At the weekend the South African National Defence Force launched its own podcast, Defence in Focus. Billed as a way to fulfil its mandate to engage with the public, the first episode of the show ...

Discover how South Africa is addressing its critical shortage of court interpreters and the strategic initiatives being ...

The presence of SANDF troops during a community march in the Eastern Cape prompted outrage. The South African Defence Force has addressed concerns raised over allegations that troops had been deployed ...

The ability of the SANDF effectively to defend South Africa’s territorial integrity remains in doubt. Furthermore, air and maritime defence remain underfunded affecting operational readiness. Getting ...

IN SHORT: A message claiming that South African soldiers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have been instructed to pawn their weapons to pay for their passage home is doing the rounds on social ...