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

In sum, South African soldiers – alongside Malawians and Tanzanians – are in the DRC to assist the Congolese army in combating the armed groups and to protect civilians from violence and human ...

South Africa’s defence force has been in decline for some time as its budget has shrunk while its duties have changed.

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 ...

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

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 ...

95 Libyan nationals have been arrested by South African police at a suspected secret military training camp; the illegal base was discovered at a farm northeast of Johannesburg.

Since launching the training partnership with South Africa in 2003, New York Army and Air National Guard personnel have visited the country regularly.

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.

Minister of Defence and Military Veterans Angie Motshekga tabled the Department of Defence’s R57.1 billion budget for the ...

This has led to a decline in overall readiness. South African troops in the DRC lack essential resources, including adequate air support, attack helicopters and modern equipment.

Minister of Defence and Military Veterans visits South African National Defence Force troops in the Democratic Republic of the Congo amid rising conflict.