Despite not having flown for three years, reports that the C47-TP Turbo Dakota being retired from South African Air Force (SAAF) service appear to be greatly exaggerated. Although lacking an official ...

Cote d’Ivoire’s military has displayed some of its recently acquired military hardware during its independence day parade, including Shrek, Puma M36 and Ural armoured personnel carriers as well as ...

Fatalities and violent events linked to militant Islamist groups in Africa sustained near record pace, with the Sahel and ...

Defence and Military Veterans Minister Angie Motshekga has it just short of 20 000 South African military veterans have “access” to healthcare. Replying to a Parliamentary question from Inkatha ...

South Africa’s naval “capital” Simon’s Town will – until Friday – continue proving itself worthy of the sobriquet as the SA Navy (SAN) goes through its force preparation paces in Exercise Red Lion.

Phoenix Fenestration & Glass has established itself as a leader in the South African glass industry, renowned for its innovative approach to security glazing and ballistic protection. One of its ...

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 ...

Denel is making a research and development push to develop new products in order to drive business, and this includes fixed and rotary wing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), missiles, and autonomous ...

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The joint venture (JV) between the two highly specialised maritime companies aims to rapidly meet the globally growing demand for market-ready, scalable, uncrewed platforms of various sizes for both ...

Parliamentarian was politely but firmly shown the error of her ways when Defence and Military Veterans Minister Angie Motshekga replied to a Parliamentary question. Sixolisa Gcilishe sought ...

The Islamic State in Somalia is an affiliate of the transnational jihadist group Islamic State, known in short as ISIS. Based in the semi-autonomous northern Somalia territory of Puntland, the ...