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The Cuba/South Africa connection was again in evidence at the Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University where 23 SA Military Health Service (SAMHS) graduates were welcomed post re-integration in the ...
South Africa’s largest military trade union is – to use a hackneyed saying – “cautiously optimistic” in the wake of two ...
South Africa’s Department of Defence (DoD) is in regular contact with “many countries” by way of defence co-operation ...
The risks emanating from the maritime environment to South Africa are growing and require a cooperative approach to be ...
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has developed a new radar system for ground-based detection, which can be deployed on its Meerkat wide area surveillance system. The Meerkat ...
In the wake of requesting the Department of Military Veterans (DMV) be placed under administration, Parliament’s Portfolio ...
Ongoing violence in Ituri province in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) could be at an end following a six-group agreement signed this week (1 July), the United Nations (UN) mission in the ...
South Africa does not face any military threats from its neighbours but Deputy Defence and Military Veterans Minister Bantu Holomisa is still worried about the state of readiness of the South African ...
Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM) has been awarded the largest ever order in its history, worth hundreds of millions of euros, for 155 mm Assegai artillery rounds and charges. The multi-year contract ...
Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber used his budget vote in Parliament this week (3 July) to make public the funding for ...
Five of the United Nations (UN) 12 peacekeeping and/or peace support missions are in Africa with a commensurate portion of the world body’s $5.4 billion budget for 2025/26 finding its way to troubled ...
Mi-24 helicopter detached to the African Union (AU) mission in Somalia crashed at Mogadishu’s Aden Abdulle International ...