South Africa has been given a narrow window to turn the ship around. Whether this Budget becomes a footnote or a foundation depends on what happens next — in Cabinet, in the SOEs, in municipalities and in the daily grind of governance
The acting police minister also stressed the need to tackle organised crime, which President Cyril Ramaphosa last week singled out as ‘the most immediate threat to our democracy, our society and economic development’
M23 president Bertrand Bisimwa accused the UN Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo of failing the people of eastern DRC
Female migrants cite barriers to accessing local healthcare facilities
The presidency said sustainable peace and stability could only be achieved through solutions that centred on the agency of the Iranian people
The inquiry into corruption in the criminal justice system will submit its interim report to President Cyril Ramaphosa by 17 December
Personnel and equipment have been airlifted from Lubumbashi and Kinshasa to Pretoria, amid tension over unpaid allowances for soldiers
The president said the government would never go ‘on bended knee’ to get the best deal in ongoing trade discussions with the United States
Despite increasing demands on the country’s defence force, funding for the military has been steadily declining
The ANC and its GNU partners are divided over South Africa’s military involvement in the DRC, as opposition parties call for an immediate withdrawal of troops
M23 rebels declared a ceasefire in the DRC and the truce seems to be holding
In one Special Investigating Unit inquiry, Denel was paid more than R8 billion by Armscor for 264 Badger vehicles but only produced a fraction of those
It has been 19 months since then defence minister Thandi Modise said the bilateral agreement and its controversial sub-contracts were being assessed
Regional peace in Southern Africa requires a political and military solution working in tandem
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
The minister of defence said she was tired of anti-Russian phobia in the country
The defence force won’t be much use in preventing crime at the utility, they say
An investigation by the auditor general into the defence department’s records found that a lack of accountability and consequence management is rife
Some residents have accused the South African National Defence Force of taking too long to respond with recovery assistance
Reserve system ‘is dying, not only in relation to the age cohort, but also in relation to its infrastructure’, parliament committee told
An SANDF official admits he took a bribe over building works at the state hospital our leaders should use, but don’t. With R1-billion spent on ‘outsourcing costs’ so far, the project is still not complete
Close to half-a-billion rand was spent on revamping 1 Military Hospital, yet there is little to show for it. A long-awaited report reveals who is implicated in the malfeasance
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 flats in the area have been evacuated because of dolomite corrosion.
‘The whole operation … was a process of confusion and a total lack of command … and control’
South African student pilots training in Cuba complain of slave-like conditions
Police minister Bheki Cele said they have identified the KZN, Gauteng, Eastern Cape and Western Cape provinces as high risk areas deploying a high contingent of police and SANDF
Corporal Simanga Khuselo join the peacekeeping mission in the DRC to save money to build his family a home
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
South Africa’s new military weapon takes a leaf out of the Libyan rebel forces’ handbook as it lands in Mozambique to fight insurgents
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