The senior leadership of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) needs to honestly tell the President if it is ...

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 ...

It is hoped that all SA military officials deployed to the DRC will be back in SA by the end of June. 257 SA National Defence ...

The soldiers were part of peace keeping missions in the DRC’s Goma region. Fourteen SANDF soldiers died in battle. Staff Sergeant Shwahlane Theophilus Seepe, Corporal Rinae Nemavhulani, Rifleman ...

South Africa’s largest military trade union is – to use a hackneyed saying – “cautiously optimistic” in the wake of two ...

The SANDF has provided little clarity on the situation in the DRC and what went wrong. There needs to be transparency and accountability, and action taken to ensure that a military disaster like ...

For decades, the resource-rich DRC has been mired in conflict. The SANDF as part of the South African Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (SAMIDRC), were deployed in 2023. However, it has come ...

The withdrawal of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) from the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) marks a new chapter in regional peacekeeping efforts, said Defence and ...

JOHANNESBURG - The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) says it expects the return home of another group of troops from a peacekeeping mission in the Eastern DRC to be better coordinated ...

JOHANNESBURG - More than 250 South African National Defence Force (SANDF) troops who were deployed to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are set to arrive back on home soil on Friday afternoon.

The Minister of Defence and Military Veterans, Angie Motshekga, has welcomed the return of 249 South African troops who were deployed to the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), as part of ...

JOHANNESBURG - The Defence Force says the withdrawal of its troops from DRC is going to plan. ... Around 3,000 SANDF members have been deployed since 2023 as part of SADC's peacekeeping efforts.