In practice, Amatola currently operates with one Super Lynx, but her design capacity is significantly greater than that of ...

Gratitude”, “tribute” and “steadfast commitment” feature in United Nations (UN) reactions to the upcoming withdrawal of SA ...

Whether current SA National Defence Force (SANDF) Chief, General Rudzani Maphwanya, will complete his term of office and possibly serve a second term as the country’s senior soldier rests with ...

Ukrainian company MAC HUB has unveiled the MAC Owl armoured vehicle - what it says is the country’s first such vehicle manufactured locally with STANAG Level ...

Air power is often discussed in Africa through the lens of prestige acquisitions, headline fighter jets, or comparisons with ...

The National Conventional Arms Control Committee (NCACC) and its Directorate for Conventional Arms Control (DCAC) has not been able to issue permits approving ...

Chief General Rudzani Maphwanya’s visit last year as well as its participation in the recent Will for Peace naval exercise, ...

The South African National Defence Force’s (SANDF’s) national border protection tasking can now put an aquatic resource into ...

Along with South Sudanese, aid workers are paying “a devastating price” as humanitarian operations in war-torn South Sudan are increasingly targeted according ...

Moves are afoot to shift SA Army infantry soldiers deemed additional to structure (ATS) from combat units and replace them ...

On Christmas night 2025, the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) launched airstrikes in Sokoto State, northwest Nigeria, targeting what it described as ...

As soldiers struggle with basic shortages, the SANDF’s costly Armed Forces Day celebrations raise uncomfortable questions about priorities, accountability and ...