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.

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.

Meanwhile, the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans Angie Motshekga and SANDF Chief General Rudzani Maphwanya have sent their condolences to the families of the deceased. LIMPOPO PREMIER ...

Academics last week referred to the SANDF as a ‘welfare organisation’, suggesting that if it was not ble to fulfil military roles it was not fit for purpose.

The South African Defence Force (SANDF) has confirmed that a group of soldiers, wounded in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have returned home and are undergoing treatment at the 1 Military ...

The SANDF has provided little clarity on the situation in the DRC and what went wrong. There needs to be transparency and accountability, and action taken to ensure that a military disaster like ...