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Defence minister Thandi Modise. (Photo by Jeffrey Abrahams/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

More questions remain on saga of Cuba’s Covid-19 drug Heberon, Modise says

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

President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the SANDF deployment in his 12 February State of the Nation Address.

Ramaphosa announces ‘substantial changes’ to armed forces leadership

The SANDF has made headlines over the past year for all the wrong reasons. The new appointments to the Military Command Council aim to offer stability

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Editorial: Words of care, brutal actions

The enforcement of the lockdown has seen authorities inflict brutal actions on citizens

Top brass: The South African National Defence Force’s General Solly Shoke (right) signed the contract with Cuba to keep old military vehicles going. (Gallo Images/Netwerk24/Jaco Marais)

SANDF’s R1bn Cuban spend queried

The auditor general wants expenditure on the maintenance of aged military vehicles to be declared irregular spending

Miffed: The army’s top brass argued that procurement law does not recognise General Solly Shoke even though he commands soldiers and materials for war worth billions of rands. (Craig Nieuwenhuizen/Foto24/Gallo Images)

Cyril laughs at generals’ proposal

Their plan to redraft procurement law to put it in the defence force’s control has been scrapped

In need of marching orders

SANDF chief Lieutenant General Solly Shoke said that allowing soldiers to be unionised was “perhaps a mistake” on the government’s part.

Youth mobilise against xenophobia

The African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) and other youth bodies on Friday launched a campaign against xenophobia following the recent attacks on foreign nationals in…

Moves afoot to rejuvenate army

Efforts to rejuvenate the South African Army will see 3 000 new recruits being taken in next year, with the figure shooting up to 7 000 in 2009, it was announced on Thursday. ”We…