It has been 19 months since then defence minister Thandi Modise said the bilateral agreement and its controversial sub-contracts were being assessed
Former members of the defence department’s advisory council tell oversight committee their recommendations went ignored and that an audit should be conducted
Foreign trawlers invading South Africa’s oceans costs the economy R60bn a year because it can’t afford to patrol and control its resources.
The defence force is looking to buy new presidential jets and planes as soon as possible, the <em>Saturday Star</em> has reported.
Watch the M&G’s video analysis of South Africa’s disastrous military deployment in the Central African Republic, in our latest M&G hangout.
VIDEO Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula’s controversial CAR comments, North Korea threatens nuclear action and Jo’burg Pride is no more.
Former Defence Minister Lindiwe Sisulu has denied reports that she had abused the defence force’s ultra-luxury Gulfstream jets.
Direct selling has the potential to dramatically impact on unemployment levels by creating thousands of jobs, says Defence Minister Lindiwe Sisulu.
The Defence Ministry has given no indication that intends to take swift action on an urgent report by the newly appointed defence commission.
The founder and chief commander of Colombia’s Farc rebel force, Manuel Marulanda, has died after more than 40 years fighting the state from jungle and mountain camps. If…
Tuareg rebels attacked an army camp in north-eastern Mali where 17 rebels and 15 soldiers were killed in one of the bloodiest clashes to date in a revolt by the desert…
The deployment of the army to areas hit by xenophobic attacks was long overdue, opposition parties said on Wednesday after President Thabo Mbeki’s nod to South African National…
A union representing South African soldiers is to take the country’s armed forces to court on Thursday over alleged discrimination against HIV-infected personnel, the union said…
Georgia is preparing to invade its breakaway region of Abkhazia, Russia said on Tuesday, days after Moscow warned it would defend its Abkhaz allies if they came under attack. It…
Afghan President Hamid Karzai escaped unhurt after an assassination attempt by Taliban fighters with guns and rockets during an official celebration in the capital, Kabul, on…
Heavy fighting between rebels and government soldiers subsided in northern Sri Lanka on Thursday, a day after intense artillery battles left hundreds killed or wounded, according…
Ferocious fighting erupted in Sri Lanka on Wednesday as government troops made a fresh bid to break into rebel territory, leaving at least 67 dead on both sides, the Defence…
Sri Lanka government troops on Wednesday captured a strip of land from Tamil Tigers after heavy fighting across the island’s north left 42 rebels and a soldier dead, the Defence…
Fighting broke out between rebel and government forces in eastern Chad on Tuesday, nearly two months after a failed insurgent bid to oust President Idriss Déby Itno, rebel…
At least 56 Tamil Tiger rebels and four government troops have been killed in heavy fighting across Sri Lanka’s embattled north over the weekend, the Defence Ministry said on…
