SANDU has requested the SANDF to explain why 32 soldiers, charged with mutiny in relation to the incident at the Union Buildings on 26 August 2009, have for the past year been denied a trial date for ...

The Joint Standing Committee on Defence called on Denel to meet with the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) commandto thrash out concerns raised about the ability of the defence arms ...

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SAS Amatola (F145) completed a seven-week Operation Corona maritime tasking which saw a diversion to Durban to pay South African naval respects to the ...

South Africa’s defence budget has increased by just R400 million from 2024/25 to R55.94 billion for the 2025/26 financial year, representing a below inflation ...

12.2 Civil-military relations, with reference to the constitutional provisions on defence; military intelligence; the structure of the Ministry of Defence (MOD) and Department of Defence (DOD); ...

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