The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has opened its Military Skills Development System (MSDS) applications for 2026, allowing young and deserving South Africans the chance to join the ...

South Africa’s first line of border protection in the form of 15 companies of mostly infantry soldiers deployed along just on ...

The remains of falled SANDF soldiers handed over at the Swartkop Air Force Base in Centurion on 13 February 2025. Picture: Nigel Sibanda The Citizen A South African National Defence Force (SANDF ...

It is understood that about 300 SANDF infantry remain. SAMIM deployed in northern Mozambique in July 2021 with a mandate from ...

The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) Chief General Rudzani Maphwanya has strongly criticised what he termed “overnight defence specialists” for playing the blame game over the ...

Today, it is the only full-time paratroop unit in the South African National Defence Force (SANDF); during the infamous ... to be simple parachute qualified infantry. This is far from the case.

Picture: Eyewitness News JOHANNESBURG - The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) said that the families of the 14 South African peacekeepers who died in the eastern Democratic Republic of ...

While details surrounding their deaths have not been revealed, SANDF Rear Admiral Prince Tshabalala said the soldiers still in the DRC are safe and are well armed. "The soldiers can defend ...

Promises of a bigger budget allocation for the army comes amid criticism that the SANDF has been hollowed out, leaving it without a proper line of defence. Fourteen South African soldiers were ...

JOHANNESBURG - The 14 SANDF members who died in Goma, Eastern DRC, will be laid to rest with full military honours. The ceremony -- steeped in tradition — adheres to strict military protocol and ...

Despite the financial woes, the minister assured parliament that the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) had the capability to defend the country. “I have no doubt that, while we may not have ...