The SANDF said on Thursday via X that it will be participating in SONA 2025 with a ceremonial guard, fly-past, 21-gun salute, street lining, presidential motorcade escorts, and an entertainment band.

Amid the repatriation of the bodies of South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers who tragically lost their lives ...

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 affected families expressed frustration at the lack of information and lies that were told in parliament.

The SANDF is making its 20th appearance at one ... to experience services from the SA Air Force and SA Navy, and demonstrations from the SA Military Health Service. Survival displays, deployable ...

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 ...

The SA National Defence Force is preparing to send reinforcements from South Africa to the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), said military sources, after nine South African soldiers ...

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 ...

in his capacity as Commander-in-Chief of the SANDF, to address the nation directly about the ongoing crisis. They stressed the need for clear communication, decisive action, and a demonstration of ...

JOHANNESBURG - The 14 SANDF members who died in Goma, Eastern DRC, will be laid to rest with full military honours. The ceremony -- steeped in tradition — adheres to strict military protocol and ...

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 ...