Tehran is moving to restrict – or effectively close – the strait of Hormuz to shipping, as part of the latest escalation in ...

Deputy Defence and Military Veterans Minister Bantu Holomisa has written to the Acting Secretary for Defence requesting clarity on “serious allegations” ...

Efforts to improve defence training, education and development (ETD) in the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) and continentally saw the SA Army Chief leading ...

One of the most revealing aspects of modern conflict is not always what happens on the battlefield, but what unfolds in the ...

Gulf states have become increasingly prominent in the squabbles, civil wars and inter-country tensions in the Horn of Africa ...

On 4 March, the Indonesian Navy's newest frigate, KRI Prabu Siliwangi (321), docked in Cape Town harbour in the first visit ...

On Monday this week, oil markets went into panic over the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, the choke point through which 20% of the world’s oil flows.

The 2009 Union Buildings protest march by soldiers remains on hold in the courts with a Tuesday appearance leading only to a ...

South Africa’s defence force — once regarded as a professional, capable partner in continental peacekeeping and national ...

The year-long Operation Prosper deployment made public by President Cyril Ramaphosa in his 12 February State of the Nation Address (SONA) now stretches across ...

In mid-February I was among a group of 28 international defence journalists invited to India to observe a series of exercises hosted by the country’s armed ...

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