Despite not having flown for three years, reports that the C47-TP Turbo Dakota being retired from South African Air Force (SAAF) service appear to be greatly exaggerated. Although lacking an official ...

Cote d’Ivoire’s military has displayed some of its recently acquired military hardware during its independence day parade, including Shrek, Puma M36 and Ural armoured personnel carriers as well as ...

Phoenix Fenestration & Glass has established itself as a leader in the South African glass industry, renowned for its innovative approach to security glazing and ballistic protection. One of its ...

The joint venture (JV) between the two highly specialised maritime companies aims to rapidly meet the globally growing demand for market-ready, scalable, uncrewed platforms of various sizes for both ...

Defence and Military Veterans Minister Angie Motshekga has it just short of 20 000 South African military veterans have “access” to healthcare. Replying to a Parliamentary question from Inkatha ...

South Africa’s naval “capital” Simon’s Town will – until Friday – continue proving itself worthy of the sobriquet as the SA Navy (SAN) goes through its force preparation paces in Exercise Red Lion.

The Islamic State in Somalia is an affiliate of the transnational jihadist group Islamic State, known in short as ISIS. Based in the semi-autonomous northern Somalia territory of Puntland, the ...

Vice Admiral Admiral Monde Lobese’s SA Navy (SAN) is fully onboard the latest Cuba/South Africa military collaboration – Project Kgala – which the official SAN publication has it will “ensure ...

Like its new colleague the Border Management Authority (BMA), the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) has to put up with and under-funding and, to a lesser extent, short staffing. In July, Commissioner ...

Further evidence of the necessity for a properly compiled and managed military veterans’ database comes from the Gauteng Department of Sports, Arts, Culture and Recreation (SACR). A written reply by ...

There is no longer an obstacle blocking promotion prospects for a uniformed SA Air Force (SAAF) staffer thanks to the country’s largest military labour organisation. Sandu (the SA National Defence ...

The South African government has long positioned itself as global human rights champion, and perhaps nowhere is this more evident than in South Africa’s approach to conventional arms control – or at ...