Military sources have confirmed that an infantry battalion and a paratroop quick response force are being mobilised to bolster the SANDF's presence in the region. The deployment comes as tensions ...

Military sources have confirmed that an infantry battalion and a paratroop quick response force are being mobilised to bolster the SANDF's presence in the region. The deployment comes as tensions ...

U.S. officials are preparing to send thousands of additional troops to the U.S.-Mexico border — including, potentially, infantry soldiers equipped with 20-ton Stryker combat vehicles ...

The infantry unit is based at Fort Drum in northern New York — not far from the Canadian border — and is available if needed, officials said. Discussions also have included sending a brigade ...

ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines — Two soldiers, both members of the Army’s 32nd Infantry Battalion, were killed while six others were wounded in an encounter in Basilan province on Wednesday ...

Picture: Eyewitness News JOHANNESBURG - The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) said that the families of the 14 South African peacekeepers who died in the eastern Democratic Republic of ...

One of the 13 SANDF soldiers who were killed in the DRC hails from Tubatse. Moffat Molapo (53) died sometime during a two-day battle against M23 rebels near the city of Goma. Molapo was from ...

While details surrounding their deaths have not been revealed, SANDF Rear Admiral Prince Tshabalala said the soldiers still in the DRC are safe and are well armed. "The soldiers can defend ...

The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has dismissed claims circulating on social media that its forces surrendered to M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The SANDF ...

The soldiers' deaths on Thursday and Friday came amid a week-long visit this week by Minister of Defence and Military Veterans Angie Motshekga to the DRC to, among other things, "assess the ...

Promises of a bigger budget allocation for the army comes amid criticism that the SANDF has been hollowed out, leaving it without a proper line of defence. Fourteen South African soldiers were ...

Other military sources told Daily Maverick that the SANDF was preparing to urgently send another infantry battalion and a paratroop quick response force from SA to the eastern DRC to reinforce its ...