South Africa's military said on Thursday two of its soldiers were killed and three wounded by a mortar bomb in Democratic Republic of Congo, as President Cyril Ramaphosa struck back against ...

South Africa is believed to have around 3,000 troops deployed in Congo, both as part of a U.N. peacekeeping mission and a Southern African regional force tasked with helping Congo's army combat ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa - Two New York Army National Guard chaplains represented the U.S. military at an annual meeting of South African military chaplains in Cape Town Oct. 14-18.

Looking after the army’s armoured vehicles has been outsourced to Cubans, who do a shoddy job, says Helmoed-Römer Heitman, a South African defence expert. In Congo the results have been dire.

South Africa’s military is expected to do more than ever with tighter budgets: ... The South African National Defence Force marks 30 years this year, having been established on 27 April 1994.