South African National Defence Force troops stationed in Goma may soon face a land evacuation due to the closure of Goma ...

South African National Defence Force troops are stranded in the Democratic Republic of Congo due to the closure of Goma ...

Despite increasing demands on the country's defence force, funding for the military has been steadily declining ...

Deputy President Paul Mashatile has said the Southern African Development Community’s (SADC’s) decision to withdraw the SADC Mission in the DRC (SAMIDRC) should not be interpreted as a sign of defeat ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa deployed at least 2 900 soldiers in February last year to support combating illicit armed factions ...

Speaking during a funeral of one of the 14 soldiers killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo over a month ago, Maphaha ...

The SANDF is set to retain the R5 billion allocated by the National Treasury in the 2025/26 Budget for its peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). This happens as the SADC ...

With the fiscal framework for South Africa’s 2025/26 national budget approved – by a small majority in Parliament this week – the military component of government in the form of the SA National ...

South Africa is believed to have some 3 000 South African National Defence Force (SANDF) personnel deployed in the DRC, split between the UN’s MONUSCO peacekeeping force, and the Southern ...

The remains of the 14 SANDF soldiers who were killed in the DRC arrived at the Swartkop Air Force Base in Pretoria where they were handed over to their families during a military ceremony on 13 ...

Reports indicate that leaders from the 16-nation SADC have lost at least a dozen soldiers in the eastern DRC since January of this year. Locally, 14 members of the South African Defence Force (SANDF) ...