Among a flurry of references to ambitions and planning processes, Minister of Defence and Military Veterans Thandi Modise’s recent budget speech offers glimmers of hope about the ‘rescue [of] the ...

South African Defence Force spokesperson, Brigadier General Andries Mokoena Mahapa, said the five were travelling from Zonstral to the Macademia Operational Base along Coopersdal Road when their ...

Defence and Military Veterans Minister Thandi Modise says the department is embarking on a multi-medium term strategic planning process that seeks “rescue” the South African National Defence ...

Defence and Military Veterans Minister Thandi Modise says the department is embarking on a multi-medium term strategic planning process that seeks "rescue" the South African National Defence Force ...

A third judicial inquest into the deaths of the Cradock Four began in the Gqeberha High Court on Monday, but proceedings are limited for now because the South African Defence Force has refused to ...

Despite ambitious defence reviews in 1998 and 2015, South Africa’s National Defence Force (SANDF) is an “analogue, low-tech” outfit, says Thomas Mandrup of Stellenbosch University.

Beijing is ready to work with South Africa to oppose global “hegemony and bullying”, Chinese Defence Minister Dong Jun said on Tuesday, amid growing tensions between Pretoria and Washington ...

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 ...

The Department of Defence said in a statement that on Monday M23 rebels had launched mortar bombs in the direction of Goma airport in eastern Congo, resulting in three SANDF (South African ...