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Erika Gibson
SANDF’s condemned-building mess
A 40-year-old army accommodation block housing 500 soldiers was ‘upgraded’ using residents’ recreational fund contributions. But it is dangerous: other high-risk residential…
Soldiers plead for more air support in Mozambique’s battle against insurgents
Budget deficits limit the South African National Defence Force’s ability to supply more aircraft for logistical support, attacks and evacuation
Army vets who responded to call for reserves during July unrest still unpaid
‘The whole operation … was a process of confusion and a total lack of command … and control’
Hawks in legal tussle with arms maker over billet seizure
Differing interpretation of the Firearms Control Act resulted in the seizure of a shipment of billets bound for the DRC from Durban harbour last week
The situation in Cuba: ‘Prisoners in South Africa live in better conditions’
South African student pilots training in Cuba complain of slave-like conditions
Ipid swoops on last of 20 Durban officers over 2018 murder
At least one of the officers may be linked to the theft of 1.5-million rounds of ammunition from a warehouse during the July looting and violence
South African soldiers have been fighting in a distant land for 20 years
Troops were sent to the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2001 as part of the UN peacekeeping mission that became an offensive against rebels
Meet the daring South African pilot who saved displaced Afghan people
Captain Neil Steyl, from Cape Town, and his crew from Safe Air Company have been based at Kulob for a month, assisting the Americans with evacuating both people and equipment.
Most South Africans in Afghanistan have been evacuated
‘The Taliban also registered the serial numbers of their weapons and just asked them not to move around in the streets while armed but stay within the compound until everything…
DBSA inherits costly 1 Mil refurb headache
The Development Bank of Southern Africa was appointed in 2019 as the implementing agent to accelerate infrastructure projects for the defence department.
Squabbles put army hospital in ICU
1 Military Hospital is in a serious state of disrepair and the report of a forensic investigation into who is to blame for the mess remains under wraps
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
South Africa Navy’s strike craft lands in Mozambique
We reveal details of the South African National Defence Force’s contribution to the Southern African Development Community’s military mission to rid Mozambique of insurgents
Stolen ammo poses security threat amid failure to protect high-risk consignments
A Durban depot container with 1.5-million rounds of ammunition may have been targeted, as others in the vicinity were left untouched, say security sources
Thousands of troops are deployed to protect people and property
But the biggest internal deployment since 1994 is not without challenges, as food, fuel and simply getting to the hotspots are problems facing the SANDF’s deployment