Over 250 SANDF troops deployed to DRC set to arrive back on home soil The troops are expected to land at Air Force Base Bloemspruit in Bloemfontein at midday on Friday.

The members sang and danced as they prepared to meet Maphwanya. He addressed them before they left for demobilisation in Bloemfontein, Free State. Maphwanya said that he recognises that some ...

"The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) confirms the safe arrival of the fifth group of 258 members at Bram Fischer International Airport in Bloemfontein this morning, Friday, 20 June 2025." ...

They have been transported to Bloemfontein in the Free State to be debriefed, demobilised, assessed, receive counselling, and be reunited with their families. Around 250 more troops are due to ...

When his colleagues entered the bungalow and tried to arrest him, the soldier stabbed himself in the neck. He was taken to hospital where he died, Tshabalala said. He added that that the police and ...

Provincial police spokesperson, Lieutenant Colonel Zweli Mohobeleli, said the four, aged between 20 and 40, were arrested on charges of trafficking in persons, illegal possession of drugs, illegal ...

The first group of South African troops who were deployed to the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as part of the Southern African Development Community Mission in the DRC (SAMIDRC) are ...

SANDF spokesperson Brigadier General Xolani Mabanga said the members had not yet been located and were still declared missing at sea. “The search and rescue mission is still active,”Mabanga said.

Korjas said Ndaba read them a letter, purportedly from the defence force, assuring them that they would be moved to an SANDF base in Bloemfontein on June 29.