South African President Cyril Ramaphosa received the panel report on the apparent failure to heed his instruction not to allow the Iranian Navy to take part in a multinational January exercise on ...

In May this year the Gauteng High Court ordered the Department of Military Veterans (DMV) to provide benefits to former soldiers – an order that seemingly will not be fulfilled – drawing scathing ...

In spite of Presidential assurances and some ad hoc allocations, South Africa’s defence budget will shrink by R2 billion next year. This is according to the 2026 Estimates of National Expenditure ...

On 6 March 2026, the former South African Antarctic supply ship SA Agulhas (IMO 7628136) slipped quietly from Durban harbour for the last time. Renamed simply Agulhas (from SA Agulhas I), her ...

Mali’s armed forces have taken delivery of another large shipment of military equipment from China, including Yitian-L short-range air defence systems. A large convoy was seen on 9 April moving ...

SVI Engineering, specialist manufacturer of armoured products in South Africa, has revealed the five vehicles that proved most popular with SVI customers purchasing armoured protection in 2025. “We’ve ...

Police Minister Senzo Mchunu has reaffirmed the South African Police Service’s (SAPS’s) commitment to efficient and accountable policing following the National Policing Summit, and pledged to combat ...

The South African Police Service (SAPS) has been allocated R127.072 billion for the 2026/27 financial year, with an expected increase to R135.8 billion by the 2028/29 financial year, making it the ...

Defence and Military Veterans Minister Angie Motshekga is on the receiving end of multiple questions regarding the ‘reckless and unfair’ awarding of a personnel carrier tender to Milkor, and ...

The High Court of South Africa has ordered that the Department of Military Veterans (DMV) takes all necessary steps to ensure that military veterans be registered onto the national veterans’ database ...

Following a six-year legal battle, Mangaliso Petse, a military veteran of the African People’s Liberation Army (APLA), secured a court order in 2022 directing the Department of Defence and Military ...