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 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 ...

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 ...

Fatalities and violent events linked to militant Islamist groups in Africa sustained near record pace, with the Sahel and ...

Crew members of the Russian Navy training ship Smolny met with their counterparts in the South African Navy during the vessel ...

Burkina Faso has taken delivery of another batch of military vehicles and artillery systems from China as it continues to ...

Military veterans advocacy group Amalgamated Veterans of South Africa (AVSA) has raised its concerns over the lack of clarity ...

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 National Defence Force (SANDF) has expressed concern over what it says is the increasing trend of uniformed ...

Russia’s Defence Attaché to South Africa, Colonel Nikolai Tsybulia, this week made a courtesy call to Vice Admiral Monde Lobese, Chief of the South African Navy, at Naval Headquarters in Pretoria, to ...