Public-private partnerships (PPPs) are one way to ensure South Africa retains a capable, sustainable and sovereign defence capability in an environment of ...

In spite of a range of challenges, the South African defence industry (SADI) punches above its weight and is well positioned ...

Enhancing the efficiency, predictability, and responsiveness of the defence permit approval system is needed to strengthen ...

The SA Air Force (SAAF) will put its mettle to the test come October/November when it stages Exercise Eagle Dawn II in the ...

Following a six-year legal battle, Mangaliso Petse, a military veteran of the African People’s Liberation Army (APLA), ...

South Africa’s Defence Industry Lekgotla comes at a pivotal moment. The country’s defence capability is under increasing ...

Two members of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) lost their lives on Friday 17 July after falling into an abandoned mineshaft in the west of Johannesburg whilst deployed on Operation ...

South Africa’s defence industry stands at a defining moment. There comes a time in the life of every nation when history ...

The Armscor managed and operated Simon’s Town dockyard will, if the State-owned defence acquisition and project management company has it right, turn a significant corner ensuring the SA Navy (SAN) ...

From artificial intelligence and autonomous systems to Africa’s defence industrial future and the evolution of military and commercial aviation, the AAD 2026 Conference will tackle many of the issues ...

The May seizure of over 700 kg of methaqualone, or Mandrax, was one of the largest at a South African border post in recent years. Acting on intelligence, customs and police officials at the ...

It is a tragedy that our brave troops, who continue to risk their lives to protect South Africans from gang violence on the Cape Flats or have recently returned from the war-torn Congo, are forced to ...