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Sixth batch of SANDF soldiers returns from the DRC
Another 223 soldiers arrived at Bram Fischer International Airport in Bloemfontein on Monday 23 June as troops and equipment ...
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SAAF aircraft maintenance facing a nearly R8 billion shortfall
The South African Air Force (SAAF) faces a R7.7 billion shortfall to fund aircraft support contracts over the next three years, with state defence materiel agency Armscor saying the SAAF maintenance ...
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Parliamentary committee hears BMA is under-funded
The newest addition to the South African government’s security architecture – the Border Management Authority (BMA), now into its second year of operations – has joined the queue wanting more funding ...
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JSCD urges Motshekga to find workable solutions for Denel
Defence and Military Veterans Minister Angie Motshekga needs to put effort into the newest addition to her portfolio – ...
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From conference to catalyst: Africom’s senior enlisted leader forum transforms African military partnerships
As African and American senior enlisted leaders meet in military uniform—some from storied militaries, others building new ...
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“Rogue unit” arrests see repeat call for release of Moorhouse BoI report
Arrests reportedly of 12 serving SA National Defence Force (SANDF) personnel apparently part of or aligned to what has been ...
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Dead Macadamia soldiers were from 5 SAI
The names of two junior non-commissioned officers (NCOs) from 5 SA Infantry (SAI) Battalion who died in in an apparent weekend murder/suicide incident at an SA Army base in Mpumalanga have been made ...