National police commissioner Fannie Masemola said the army would play a supporting role to the South African Police Service
M23 president Bertrand Bisimwa accused the UN Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo of failing the people of eastern DRC
The Democratic Alliance and ActionSA have called for a formal investigation after Defence Minister Angie Motshekga confirmed that President Cyril Ramaphosa had issued instructions barring Iran’s participation
Personnel and equipment have been airlifted from Lubumbashi and Kinshasa to Pretoria, amid tension over unpaid allowances for soldiers
Despite increasing demands on the country’s defence force, funding for the military has been steadily declining
Army clampdown has led to assaults and the property of legal miners being confiscated
The hollowing out of the armed forces was laid bare in 2023, when it was disclosed that 85% of the air force’s aircraft fleet was out of action
The defence force only re-employed the woman after being threatened with litigation
Firefighters were on Saturday still battling to contain the blaze which also injured three people, with the army focused on accounting for all those who were on site
The defence force won’t be much use in preventing crime at the utility, they say