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WEBSep 19, 2024 · An assault on SAPS is an assault on the state, Mashatile warns ProtectionWeb – 5 September 2024 Three dead after NIU members ambushed outside Mthatha premises ProtectionWeb – 5 September 2024 More focus needed on sexual violence against males in Sudan ISS Africa – 5 September 2024 UN chief warns Africa’s inadequate access to debt relief is recipe for social unrest Reuters – 5 ...
ISIS-K’s expanding ops encompass media propaganda and military …
WEB1 day ago · The ever-evolving threat posed by ISIS-Khorasan (ISIS-K) was a key focus of the recent Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS Ministerial (D-ISIS Ministerial) meeting, with US officials spotlighting Somalia as a critical node in the group’s global operations. Special Envoy for the Global Engagement Centre, James Rubin, took time out of a packed ...
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WEB4th October 2024. Africa, Aerospace and Defence (AAD) 2024 was, according to the exhibition organisers, “a resounding success”. Hosted from 18 to 22 September at Air Force Base (AFB) Waterkloof, the home of AAD apart from a two-event sojourn at AFB Ysterplaat in Cape Town, AAD 2024 was the 12th of type. Relocation to Ysterplaat was ...
South Africa’s arms exports nearly doubled in 2023
WEBJul 5, 2024 · The National Conventional Arms Control Committee’s (NCACC’s) 2023 annual report shows a massive rise in South African defence exports, which totalled R7.1 billion for the previous calendar year, up from R4.6 billion in 2022. R1.6 billion worth of armoured combat vehicles were exported in 2023 to over a dozen countries.
South Africa’s military is expected to do more than ever with …
WEBFeb 5, 2024 · The South African National Defence Force marks 30 years this year, having been established on 27 April 1994. It’s as old as the country’s constitutional democracy, the result of a negotiated political settlement that ended apartheid. The defence force consists of the army, air force, navy, and military health service. It’s an amalgamation of the […]
SANDF chief on the state of South Africa’s defence capabilities
WEB3rd October 2023. SANDF Chief, General Rudzani Mahwanya at Army Support Base Limpopo with SA Army Chief, Lieutenant General Lawrence Mbatha. General Rudzani Maphwanya, SA National Defence Force (SANDF) Chief, penned an upbeat introduction for the 2022/23 Department of Defence (DoD) annual report pointing out, among others, the national defence ...
Analysis: South Africa's national security priorities in question ...
WEBApr 16, 2024 · • Resources: The Defence Force lacks the funding, the equipment and the personnel to take on this task. The Army is short of deployable troops and serviceable equipment and the Air Force lacks trooping and attack helicopters to provide tactical air support, reconnaissance aircraft to build an operational picture, and the airlift to deploy any useful force, let alone carry out a quick ...
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WEB4 days ago · SANDF facing legal claims in excess of R1.5 billion. SA Defence defenceWeb - 28th August 2024. Part of Angie Motshekga’s “inheritance” as Minister of Defence and Military Veterans is a massive R1.5 billion plus account for civil claims and “mobile...
An overarching SA defence industry strategy is desperately …
WEBJan 10, 2024 · Denel Badger infantry fighting vehicles at Lohatlha. As South Africa enters 2024, the state of its defence industry is taking centre stage, urging the need for a comprehensive strategy to propel it forward. The nation finds itself perched on the precipice of opportunity, with four potential arms supply segments capable of generating over $1 ...
SA exported R3.3 billion worth of military hardware in 2021
WEBMay 13, 2022 · The South African defence industry exported R3.3 billion worth of weapons, ammunition and military equipment to 67 countries around the world last year, according to the latest figures from the National Conventional Arms Control Committee (NCACC). Briefing Parliament’s Joint Standing Committee on …