In a heartfelt tribute, SANDF Chief Rudzani Maphwanya called for a focus on mourning, rather than a political blame game ...

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

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The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has opened its Military Skills Development System (MSDS) applications for 2026, allowing young and deserving South Africans the chance to join the ...

The SANDF has confirmed that the remains of the slain soldiers killed in the DRC will be repatriated to South Africa on ...

JOHANNESBURG - South African National Defence Force chief, Rudzani Maphwanya, said that he’s been promised an increase in the army’s budget as the country looks for answers on how to turn the ...

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

resulting in three SANDF (South African National Defence Force) soldiers being killed. Another soldier injured in combat with M23 rebels over the past three days died from their injuries ...

Calls for South Africa‘s defence minister, Angie Motshekga, to resign have intensified following the deaths of 14 members of the SA National Defence Force in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo ...

Four more South African soldiers have been killed in fighting with M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the government said, taking the number of South African peacekeepers killed to 13 ...

"We have been informed of a (South African National Defence Force) troop build-up in the area of Lubumbashi. We gather that approximately 700-800 soldiers had been flown to Lubumbashi," Chris ...