On the same day we commemorated World Aids Day 2024, I was at the vigil of a former classmate and fallen soldier who died of HIV related illnesses in Kenya. Amid the sadness of the demise of a younger soldier it was an opportunity to take stock of the situation and renew our commitment to […]
More foreign news outlets are gagged over massacre reports accusing soldiers of killing at least 223 people in revenge attacks in February
House of Bondage: The book that shocked the world
But there is evidence that women’s voices can no longer be ignored in the armed forces – meaning that gender is now firmly on the agenda as never before
‘The whole operation … was a process of confusion and a total lack of command … and control’
The pillaging and destruction, which started in KwaZulu-Natal in reaction to former president Jacob Zuma’s incarceration, has been hijacked by residents and non-ANC members
Rape, kidnapping and victim-blaming are endemic and perpetrators protected, report finds
Climate change and civil war are escalating tensions between South Sudan’s herders and crop farmers, who are competing over land
In many ways, the two armies are miles apart but they face many similar challenges
A filmmaker spoke to black South African World War II vets who told of being armed and fighting at El Alamein.
Equal in word but not deed, South Africa’s female soldiers are forced to conform to masculine norms
With its confusing title and sloppy research, this book on the ECC is not worth soldiering through.
CAR reject François Bozizé and President Jacob Zuma encounter a heap of technical difficulties in the land of bandits and bromance.
This week: the death of South Africa’s soldiers in the Central African Republic and renewed calls for Communications Minister Dina Pule to be sacked.
Malema addressed disgruntled soldiers who were placed on special leave and used the opportunity to take a dig at Jacob Zuma and the ANC
Nigerian soldiers have killed at least 16 militants blasts rocked an area of the country where Boko Haram terrorists were believed to be hiding.
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/ 23 December 2010
A request for leave to appeal a court order that stops more than 1 000 soldiers from being fired has been lodged, the Department of Defence said.
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/ 10 November 2010
The future of Afghanistan is placed in the hands of police officers and their superiors. Focus is placed on skills development and education.
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/ 10 September 2009
The SANDF will, for at least the next two months, not fire any soldiers who took part in an alleged illegal protest march last month.
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/ 9 September 2009
Defence minister Lindiwe Sisulu is not denying that there are problems in the working conditions of soldiers, her deputy minister said on Wednesday.
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/ 8 September 2009
SANDF chief Lieutenant General Solly Shoke said that allowing soldiers to be unionised was “perhaps a mistake” on the government’s part.
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/ 2 September 2009
An interdict to stop soldiers from embarking on illegal marches was issued by the high court in Pretoria late on Tuesday.
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/ 1 September 2009
SA has issued about 2 000 letters of dismissal to soldiers who last week staged an illegal march, the Defence Ministry said on Tuesday.
A book in memory of South African Defence Force soldiers who died in the Bush War between 1966 and 1994 will be launched this weekend.