SANDF Pushes Back Against Claims of Defiance by Chief Maphwanya The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has come out swinging against suggestions that its Chief,...
Life Behind Bars: Taxi Hitmen Sentenced in KwaZulu-Natal Taxi violence has once again cast a long, dark shadow over KwaZulu-Natal, but this time, the courts have...
EFF Slams US Over South Africa’s Iran Military Engagement The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has taken a firm stance against what it calls the United States’...
Military diplomacy or quiet controversy? The South African Department of Defence has moved to clarify the much-discussed visit of General Rudzani Maphwanya, Chief of the South...
Confusion and Controversy Over SANDF Chief’s Iran Visit President Cyril Ramaphosa has distanced himself from a recently revealed visit by South African National Defence Force (SANDF)...
When South Africa’s top soldier flew to Tehran and publicly aligned himself with Iran’s stance on Gaza, it wasn’t just the headlines that caught the President’s...
Defence and diplomacy officials move quickly to assert that the general’s words do not represent official policy South Africa’s diplomatic corps is working overtime to clean...
In a week marked by delicate diplomacy with the United States, South African National Defence Force chief General Rudzani Maphwanya traveled to Tehran to meet Iranian...
The Defence Force says it won’t tolerate its uniform being turned into a prop for explicit social media content. South Africans woke up this week to...
South Africa’s Defence Minister Angie Motshekga has laid out an ambitious vision to revitalise the country’s armed forces, all while working with one of the tightest...