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Centurion headquartered trade union Solidarity maintains five practical tests must be passed before the ammunition ...

Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans (PCDMV) heard – virtually – from a Transversal Ministerial Task Team (TMTT) on its plans to ...

Mpumalanga-based General Botha Regiment will as part of its latest activation for border protection, “test drive” the new SA National Defence Force (SANDF) work dress during winter operations. Better ...

The United Nations (UN) human rights office reports there are “at least 58 states and territories” worldwide still contaminated by anti-personnel mines (APMs), close to 30 years since the ...

Due to generally rising tensions worldwide, armed forces and governments – with much deeper pockets than any time after the Cold War – have never been so keen to procure weapons, and this was clearly ...

Mali and Nigeria, two of the countries in the Sahel region of west Africa, are separated by approximately 1,000 kilometres, with the Niger Republic between them. They differ in population size and ...

Kenya has announced an amnesty for its citizens recruited to fight for Russia in its war against Ukraine. This follows Prime Cabinet Secretary and Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs ...

The South African Navy (SAN) marked the conclusion of 2026 World Hydrography Day celebrations with a ceremonial Freedom of Entry Parade at the eThekwini City Hall in Durban on Sunday 21 June. The ...

Armscor and the South African Navy have set the new date for the completion of the SAS Isandlwana’s refit as October 2027, nearly 19 months later than its ...

Modern operations involve more sensors, more platforms, and more information than ever before. The challenge is no longer ...

Maritime security, industrial development and economic resilience took centre stage at the Oceans Economy Conference and Expo 2026, held in Cape Town in late May under the theme “Moving From Maritime ...