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DRC conflict | Discussion | DRC senator comments on South Africa's role
South Africa's ongoing peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo has recently led to the loss of 14 soldiers, ...
Calls for alternative funding models to revitalise the SANDF
Calls for alternative funding models and an adequate budget for the South African National Defence Force arise amid severe ...
Daily Maverick on MSN4d
Government rebuffs opposition calls for immediate withdrawal of SA forces from DRC
Most political parties have demanded the swift return of SA troops, but Defence Minister Angie Motshekga defended the ...
Moneyweb6d
Navy ammunition depot in Simon’s Town is a fire hazard
Google Earth images show that the Castle Rock fire in December 2023 which burned 3 400 hectares from Simon’s Town to ...
Defence Web8d
SONA tribute to SA soldiers killed in DRC as repatriation of remains underway
The deaths of 14 South African soldiers on peacekeeping duty three thousand kilometres from home was aptly remembered at ...
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Navy ammunition depot, surroundings in Simon's Town are an ever growing fire hazard – experts
Yet GroundUp has observed that land inside the perimeter of the SANDF ammunition stores on Navy land above Simon’s Town is ...
Defence Web12d
AAD acknowledges “public concerns” around air force golf day
Chief, Lieutenant General Wiseman Mbambo, in the wake of the renamed CAF (Chief Air Force) golf day soon after South African ...
My Zimbabwe News12d
Families of 14 SANDF soldiers killed by M23 rebels in DRC speak out, reveal how they were killed during the fight
The families of South African soldiers who lost their lives in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are grappling with ...
The Citizen13d
‘SA must withdraw from DRC’: Pressure mounts on Ramaphosa to pull soldiers out of DRC
Calls to withdraw SA troops from the DRC intensify as experts warn the mission lacks the necessary funding and military backing.
politicsweb14d
Three submariners die off Kommetjie - SANDF
It is with deep sadness that the SANDF announces the tragic loss of three SA Navy submariners off Kommetjie on 20 September on board the SAS MANTHATISI. The families of the diseased members have been ...
My Zimbabwe News14d
SANDF soldiers fighting well-equipped M23 rebels in DRC are surviving on 1 meal per day, have old, unserviced helicopters & communication cut-off
South African National Defence Force (SANDF) personnel deployed in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), are reportedly surviving on just one meal a day, operating with outdated and unserviced ...