Personnel and equipment have been airlifted from Lubumbashi and Kinshasa to Pretoria, amid tension over unpaid allowances for soldiers
The decision was a logical consequence of Donald Trump’s decision to suspend aid to South Africa, the ministry said
Despite increasing demands on the country’s defence force, funding for the military has been steadily declining
The Rwandan president is defying international pressure to withdraw his soldiers from eastern DRC where they are backing militia
President Cyril Ramaphosa remains in direct contact with the presidents of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and of Rwanda, the perceived backer of the M23 rebels
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
The South African Defence Force confirmed four more of its troops have died, bringing the number lost in the rebel advance on Goma to 13
The Democratic Alliance wants the motion to be debated next week
The president reportedly said he would not meddle when told that Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula could be taken into custody over graft
The party wants to tie ministerial performance contracts to implementing key manifesto items
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 deputy president’s convoy consisted of seven vehicles and only two pulled off, the police minister told parliament on Wednesday
Bureaucratic hurdles have made Nelson Phasha’s life hell since he returned from exile
The claim is based on the R500 000 each veteran was promised in 1994, which they say today works out to be R4.2 million.
The South African National Defence Union said the victims have been told not to discuss the matter with the police while the Independent Police Investigative Directorate holds its inquiry
The profession has taken a reputational knock in recent years, amid serious accounting scandals
No buffalo on the menu at South Africa/Namibia gala dinner
Exercise Mosi II an opportunity for spying on Russian, China military capabilities, says expert
A 2018 state security report, the Zondo commission report
and a 2015 report on social cohesion in KwaZulu-Natal warned of problems
The Southern African Development Community says it does not condone the acts in the video and will take appropriate measures in line with international law
Eskom debt down R5.5bn, but balance sheet pressure is high
This as delegates meet at the ANC’s elective conference amid stage six load-shedding
The former soldiers want the state to pay them R4 million each in reparations
Civil group alleges that SANDF and SAPS members have been pressured to stop cooperating with its civilian safety structure
Waters have subsided but residents of the Eastern Cape town are still battling to rebuild their lives
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
The defence minister said South Africa could not accept the return of vials of the drug it had loaned back to Cuba until it could follow due process
Remedial action against officials suspected of wrongdoing must be taken, says the ministerial task team investigating the defence department
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.
Family hopes for answers now that a probe has been completed into a friendly fire incident that killed a South African soldier in the DRC