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Major General Hlongwa (2nd R) General Officer Commanding the Joint Operations Members talks with other members of the operation ahead of a mission from the Search and Rescue Centre at the old Virginia airport following heavy rains, mudslides and rain and winds in Durban, on April 19, 2022. (RAJESH JANTILAL/AFP via Getty Images)
BK4 HELICOPTERS

SANDF troops help with KwaZulu-Natal post-flood recovery

Some residents have accused the South African National Defence Force of taking too long to respond with recovery assistance

  • Lyse Comins
3 min read
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has shown its first public and maritime presence in Pemba in northern Mozambique this weekend, with the arrival of the navy’s SAS Makhanda strike craft.
ANGOLA

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

  • Erika Gibson
5 min read
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has shown its first public and maritime presence in Pemba in northern Mozambique this weekend, with the arrival of the navy’s SAS Makhanda strike craft.
CABO DELGADO

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

  • Erika Gibson
3 min read