Former Deputy President David Mabuza met KwaZulu-Natal veterans while heading a presidential task team on military veterans' issues. Leadership of this team is now in the hands of Paul Mashatile.

Russia’s Defence Attaché to South Africa, Colonel Nikolai Tsybulia, this week made a courtesy call to Vice Admiral Monde Lobese, Chief of the South African Navy, at Naval Headquarters in Pretoria, to ...

Gallery: Irene Radio Flyers & SA Model Aircraft Association Air Show at Barnstormers, 16 August 2025 ...

The South African Navy (SAN) teamed up with the South African Police Service (SAPS), Customs Marine Unit, SA Air Force, and National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) to practice sea rescue operations ...

The Beninese Armed Forces has introduced new equipment into its inventory, including Cayman and MCAV-20 armoured personnel carriers from Belarus and the United Arab Emirates. The new acquisitions were ...

The South African government department tasked with diplomacy and foreign policy points out, in the wake of SA National Defence Force (SANDF) Chief, General Rudzani Maphwanya, apparently encroaching ...

Vice Admiral Monde Lobese’s SA Navy (SAN) this week put three platforms into False Bay as part of its national force preparation exercise Red Lion 2025, and these were briefly joined by the new French ...

South African soldiers and other military personnel detached to the now terminated Southern African Development Community Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (SAMIDRC) have been paid their ...

The Ministry of Defence is tasked with formulating and executing the defence policies of the government, providing central operational and administrative headquarters for the Namibia Defence Force and ...

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The majority of the South African Navy’s primary combat vessels are not operational, with the frigate SAS Mendi’s seaworthiness prioritised for Armed Forces Day and Exercise Mosi II. This is according ...

Now in its thirteenth year of existence, the United Nations (UN) mission in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has for the past three years worked at “transformation” of the world body’s presence ...