Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC) and Rwandan forces in early 2025 triggered a flurry of diplomatic activity across the Great Lakes region. In February, the African Union (AU) endorsed a Southern African ...

SA Army soldiers confiscated more than R4 million worth of contraband and narcotics from smugglers along four South African land borders in July as part of the standing Operation Corona border ...

On Friday 15 August, United States Army Garrison Stuttgart Military Police fired a salute battery across the parade field as US Navy Admiral Christopher Grady, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of ...

In the shadow of South Africa’s 30-year democratic milestone, a chilling narrative has emerged: the spectre of a coup d’état. On 16 July 2025, Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni stunned ...

Vice Admiral Monde Lobese’s SA Navy (SAN) this week put three platforms into False Bay as part of its national force preparation exercise Red Lion 2025, and these were briefly joined by the new French ...

Chief, General Rudzani Maphwanya, during a trip to Iran have drawn the ire of two Cabinet ministers and attracted the attention of the force’s commander-in-chief as well as a court martial call. An ...

The SA National Defence Force (SANDF) will this month boost its personnel by 11 000 in a major Military Skills Development System (MSDS) intake to put more – trained – boots on the ground. An ...

Lanseria International Airport has become the first in Africa to install the FlightLine air traffic surveillance system, which uses ADS-B technology for cost-effective airspace awareness. SSASS ...

The reintroduction of large-scale combat operations on the continent of Europe has reinvigorated calls for increased defence investments. Most recently at the 2025 NATO Summit, member nations pushed ...

All is proceeding to plan with the Western Cape leg of the SA Navy (SAN) force preparation exercise Red Lion. The Western Cape has by far the major SA Navy representation nationally with Simon’s Town ...

The South African government department tasked with diplomacy and foreign policy points out, in the wake of SA National Defence Force (SANDF) Chief, General Rudzani Maphwanya, apparently encroaching ...

South Africa and India can now fully implement the Submarine Rescue and Cooperation Implementation Agreement signed last year between the two navies. This follows the Indian Navy successfully ...