South Africa's president said Thursday that the country would send its troops into communities to help police fight the ...

The deployment of the SANDF raises critical questions about the future of South African democracy as military intervention ...

South African withdrawal of UN peacekeeping force in DRC likely to increase instability risk from Islamic State affiliate ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa's decision to deploy the military to fight organized crime has elicited mixed reactions. "It has often been linked to the fact that we are among the most unequal societies in ...

In spite of Presidential assurances and some ad hoc allocations, South Africa’s defence budget will shrink by R2 billion next year.

South Africa is preparing to send soldiers into troubled communities as authorities intensify efforts to curb illegal mining and entrenched gang violence, particularly in the country’s most urbanized ...

COSATU welcomes government’s slashing the mind boggling planned R372 million budget for Defence Force Day ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has informed the United Nations Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, of the South African government’s decision to withdraw its ...

Africa's militaries are built on imported power. Foreign countries such as China, Russia, the United States, Turkey and France dominate Africa's weapons market. Between them they supply everything ...