Fourteen South African soldiers have already died in fighting. The army has now deployed an additional 700 to 800 troops to ...

The Southern African Development Community intervention force in the mission in the DRC is outgunned and outmanned.

South Africa has sent additional troops and military equipment to Democratic Republic of Congo in recent days, political and ...

Behind the intrigue of South Africa and Tanzania’s role ANALYSIS | IAN KATUSIIME | A terse exchange between South African ...

The soldiers' bodies were due to be repatriated to South Africa on Wednesday. However, the SANDF on Thursday stated that all ...

The South African defence industry can provide 70% of the logistical requirements to support the Special Operations Force (SOF) envisaged in the 2015 Defence Review, says Sandile Ndlovu, CEO of the ...

Parties in and out of the government of national unity (GNU) took turns lambasting the minister and the South Africa National Defence Force (SANDF ... sent to fight in a war in which we have ...

On January 27, M23 rebels, a group synonymous with the March 23 Movement claimed that they had taken over Goma, on the ...

South Africa and ... declaration of war." But Ramaphosa went further on X, saying the peacekeepers were killed in attacks by the M23 and - he pointedly added - "Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) militia".

South Africa often uses its diplomatic heft to position itself as defender of the "global south" on the world stage, but the ...

Kagame's comments clearly suggested that he wants South Africa to back off from DR Congo, where its military involvement ...