As part of efforts to strengthen Nigeria’s domestic defence manufacturing base, Nigeria’s Minister of State for Defence, Dr ...

Saab Grintek Defence (SGD) has doubled its turnover in the last two years and witnessed a five-fold increase in its order ...

African Lion 25, US Africa Command’s premier annual exercise, officially commenced on 14 April in Tunisia, with activities in Ghana, Senegal, and Morocco beginning in May. With more than 10 000 troops ...

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The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) is in critical decline due to chronic underfunding and outdated technology, and requires urgent renewal. This is according to Molefi ‘Dakota’ Legoete, ...

Defence Minister Angie Motshekga led a ministerial outreach programme in Bloemfontein to deepen public understanding of the role and significance of the defence sector in South Africa. The initiative, ...

According to a statement from the Egyptian ambassador to South Korea Khaled Abdelrahman, Cairo is on the verge of concluding a deal with Seoul for up to 100 FA-50 light combat aircraft. The agreement ...

Many of South Africa’s current problems in the defence and security environments could have been avoided if proper and effective investments had been made over the past ten to fifteen years in the ...

The South African Police Service (SAPS) has dismantled several clandestine drug laboratories in Standerton, Mpumalanga, ...

Withdrawal of the terminated Southern African Development Community (SADC) mission in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) – to start on as yet unspecified date – will be by road. This is a point from ...

Technical allowances for Department of Defence (DoD) artisans remain a legal matter in progress, with Sandu (SA National Defence Union) waiting for heads of argument to be submitted to the North ...

Sudan’s war, now entering its third year, has taken another unexpected turn. In March 2025, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), also known as the Janjaweed, withdrew from Khartoum, abandoning the ...