Lady R, the talk of Simon’s Town when residents had front seat view of the Russian ship
/ 28 May 2023

Lady R, the talk of Simon’s Town when residents had front seat view of the Russian ship

The harbour master was ordered to allow the Russian cargo vessel to dock at the naval port and told not to board it

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SANDF sends ‘Goats’ to Mozambique to fight insurgents
/ 6 August 2021

SANDF sends ‘Goats’ to Mozambique to fight insurgents

South Africa’s new military weapon takes a leaf out of the Libyan rebel forces’ handbook as it lands in Mozambique to fight insurgents

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/ 27 May 2008

Minister: Navy not short of submarine crews

Defence Minister Mosiuoa Lekota on Tuesday rejected claims that the South African Navy only had enough qualified crew to operate one of its new state-of-the-art submarines. ”I don’t know what the source of the information is that we can only operate one submarine … that is absolutely fallacious,” he told a media briefing at Parliament.

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/ 16 March 2008

Sexwale tells Mbeki to come clean on arms deal

Senior African National Congress leader Tokyo Sexwale has called on President Thabo Mbeki to explain his involvement in the controversial multibillion-rand arms deal, a media report said on Sunday. Sexwale made an impassioned plea to a hushed ANC national executive committee meeting on Friday for Mbeki "to take the ANC into his confidence".

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/ 5 November 2007

German firm pledges R1,7bn SA investment

A German manufacturing company has invested about R284-million in South Africa’s first fabrication yard for oil and gas platforms as part of a R1,7-billion investment pledge, government news agency BuaNews reported on Monday. MAN Ferrostaal has opened the fabrication yard for oil and gas platforms at Saldanha Bay near Cape Town.

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/ 4 September 2007

SA submarine outwits Nato force

A lone South African submarine left some Nato commanders with red faces on Tuesday as it ”sank” all the ships of the Nato Maritime Group engaged in exercises with the South African Navy off the Cape coast. The SAS Manthatisi not only evaded detection by a joint Nato and South African Navy search party, it also ”sank” all the ships taking part in the fleet.

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/ 4 September 2007

SA submarine achieves world first

The SAS Manthatisi has become the first naval submarine in the world to be brought into a new class by the International Classification Society, Germanischer Lloyd, the South African Navy said on Tuesday. ”Through the certification of SAS Manthatisi, the SA Navy adds another ”world first” to its long list of achievements,” Captain Digby Thomson said.