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 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." ...

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.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

- Twelve SANDF members appeared in court for the 2023 murder of Hawks officer Lieutenant Colonel Ngwako Frans Mathipa. - The accused face additional charges of murder, kidnapping, theft, fraud, and ...

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 ...

That our borders and coastline cannot be defended or protected at present is beyond question. But what has been emerging in recent months is the fact that, when the SANDF is required for its major ...

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 ...