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Centurion headquartered trade union Solidarity maintains five practical tests must be passed before the ammunition ...

Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans (PCDMV) heard – virtually – from a Transversal Ministerial Task Team (TMTT) on its plans to ...

The South African Navy (SAN) marked the conclusion of 2026 World Hydrography Day celebrations with a ceremonial Freedom of Entry Parade at the eThekwini City Hall in Durban on Sunday 21 June. The ...

Modern operations involve more sensors, more platforms, and more information than ever before. The challenge is no longer collecting information; it is bringing different pieces together and turning ...

Armscor and the South African Navy have set the new date for the completion of the SAS Isandlwana’s refit as October 2027, nearly 19 months later than its ...

South African Army soldiers tasked with border protection will, at some future stage, carry body cameras while on patrol. Armscor, the State-owned defence acquisition and project management company, ...

Following up on a tip-off, police pounced at the Port of Durban and were rewarded when 90kg of cocaine, with an estimated value of R36 million, was discovered hidden in imported excavators. Initial ...

The Aerospace, Maritime, and Defence Industries Association (AMD) has urged Parliament to support measures aimed at revitalising the South African defence industry (SADI), warning that continued ...

Maritime security, industrial development and economic resilience took centre stage at the Oceans Economy Conference and Expo 2026, held in Cape Town in late May under the theme “Moving From Maritime ...

Piracy has re-emerged off Somalia’s coast. Numerous dhows and larger merchant vessels were targeted in April and May, with some ships and their crews held for ransom. In response, the Joint Maritime ...

Immigrants in the Overberg fled to the beaches and the mountains over the weekend as protests against immigrants gathered momentum. In Mossel Bay, the deaths of several Mozambican nationals were ...