By Wendell Roelf CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South Africa's cash-strapped armed forces are in a "critical state of decline" that will take at least a decade to fix even with urgent action, according to ...

Over 30 delegates from across the Global South convened in Bogotá, Colombia, this week to challenge Israeli impunity. Member ...

A major portion of the budget, R36.703 billion (64%), is earmarked for Compensation of Employees (COE), signalling a ...

South Africa’s defence force has been in decline for some time as its budget has shrunk while ... cabinet decided in November 1998 to buy new military equipment. This was the infamous arms ...

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 has some 1,250 troops in Burundi and 1,350 in Congo alone. Now some of its neighbors are also scaling up treatment. The Zambian military has more than 1,000 people on AIDS drugs.

JOHANNESBURG - South Africa has sent additional troops and military equipment to Democratic Republic of Congo in recent days, political and diplomatic sources said, after 14 of its soldiers were ...

As for South Africa, it is time for some critical reflection on the future roles of its military. The equipment shortages and challenges it faces raise serious concerns about the defence force’s ...

RICHARDS BAY, South Africa - Fifteen U.S. Soldiers, including five from the New York Army National Guard, provided medical care to about 3,000 South African villagers during a medical readiness ...