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When the International Conference of Ombuds Institutions for the Armed Forces (ICOAF) convenes in Emperors Palace Convention Centre from 7–9 October 2025, the ...

On 22, Riek Machar, the suspended First Vice President of South Sudan and leader of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-in-Opposition ...

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A seven-week database verification drive by South Africa’s Department of Military Veterans (DMV) aimed exclusively at Non-Statutory Force (NSF) veterans is ...

Since it was established in 2006, al Shabaab has proven to be Africa’s most enduring militant Islamist group, and one of the most deadly - Somalia accounts ...

Air Force Base Ysterplaat hosted a Combined Change of Command Parade on Friday 26 September, honouring the legacy of one of the South African Air Force’s ...

Marking the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, the United Nations (UN) has it the nuclear threat is accelerating and evolving.

St George’s Hotel in north Gauteng is home to both the Defence and National War colleges and is officially part of the property portfolio of the Department of ...

The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) is falling apart, with the collapse of state entities and underfunding at the core of its demise.

The civilian triumvirate heading the South African Department of Defence (DoD) racked up more than R20 million in travel, ...

The current state of the state-owned enterprise, Denel, is well known. It has shrunk from over 10 000 employees to around 1 ...