Sudan’s south-western city of Nyala in Darfur recently became the centre of a significant political development. After more than two years of fighting Sudan’s army, an alliance of armed and political ...

Skies in South Africa are turning into a living laboratory for next-generation drones, where pioneering advances in technology are pushing the boundary of what’s possible. Far from the amateur quad ...

Further evidence of the necessity for a properly compiled and managed military veterans’ database comes from the Gauteng Department of Sports, Arts, Culture and Recreation (SACR). A written reply by ...

The South African government has long positioned itself as global human rights champion, and perhaps nowhere is this more evident than in South Africa’s approach to conventional arms control – or at ...

There is no longer an obstacle blocking promotion prospects for a uniformed SA Air Force (SAAF) staffer thanks to the country’s largest military labour organisation. Sandu (the SA National Defence ...

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 ...

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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 ...