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

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

The South African defence industry can provide 70% of the logistical requirements to support the Special Operations Force ...

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

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

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

Military veterans have been called to support rather than criticise the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) members ...

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

As the rebels gained the upper hand in the battlefield by capturing most of Goma - the biggest city in the east - South Africa fired a diplomatic salvo, warning that further attac ...

South Africa and Rwanda’s already fraught diplomatic relations have worsened after President Cyril Ramaphosa accused 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".