The DA demands an urgent new Defence Review to reform the SANDF.The SANDF is in decline, crippled by outdated policies and poor management.Without immediate action, the SANDF risks collapse due to ...

The Department of Defence’s 2025/26 Annual Performance Plan (APP) confirms what has long been clear: the South African ...

As funding shortfalls in the Department of Defence (DOD) become increasingly apparent, and Treasury fails to deliver a meaningful budgetary increase, the necessity of Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs ...

The Democratic Alliance (DA) on Tuesday called for an urgent new Defence Review process to reform the South African National ...

Darren Olivier, a director at African Defence Review with nearly two decades’ experience in conflict analysis, believes that South Africa should withdraw from DR Congo, “simply because it no ...

Amid the uproar, Motshekga said in February that the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) was “a force to be reckoned with”, claiming that in a recent ranking of the continent’s ...

The Joint Standing Committee on Defence convened on 4 April 2025 for a critical oversight session with the National Conventional Arms Control Committee (NCACC), during which tensions flared over ...