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The next generation of sailors in the SA Navy (SAN) uniform have been accordingly honoured with a passing out parade at SAS ...

Practicing the eye-to-eye diplomacy they emphasise, US military Africa Command’s top leaders—Lieutenant General John W ...

A stated Armscor aim to reposition the South African defence and security acquisition and project management company to ...

A member of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) deployed on Operation Corona border patrol duties along the border with Zimbabwe has been killed by elephants. Private Xavier Raynard, ...

The South African Police Service (SAPS) says the country’s intelligence structures have been investigating Lesotho’s claims that there are illegal military camps on farms in South Africa training a ...

Terror groups are increasingly using new tactics, notably armed suicide or kamikaze drones, according to a government statement released following several attacks on cities in western Mali on 1 July.

The Joint Standing Committee on Defence (JSCD) has raised pressing concerns about the transparency and accountability of South Africa’s conventional arms trade, following a presentation by the ...

South Africa’s Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has for more than half a decade been investigating the theft of Denel’s ...

In Windhoek last week, a high-level US Africa Command (Africom) delegation led by Lieutenant General John W Brennan Jnr, ...

Africa has by far the youngest population among the continents, with about 40% of its population — nearly 600 million people ...

Centurion-based Alaris Antennas, part of the Alaris Group, has seen a significant uptick in orders amid widespread global ...