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

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

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.

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

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

In mid-February I was among a group of 28 international defence journalists invited to India to observe a series of exercises ...

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Claims the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) and the SA Police Service (SAPS) are, in effect, dragging their collective heels on the Presidential instruction ...

The Ghana Air Force (GAF) has taken delivery of the first of three H175 helicopters from Airbus Helicopters, less than two months after the contract was ...

What is today the Works Formation in the Department of Defence (DoD) was envisaged as the handyman of the SA National Defence ...

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has urged his South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa to strengthen its ...

It’s taken over two years to reach the stage where refurbishment work can start on the historic Erasmus Castle, on the ...