A Military in Decline The SANDF’s decline is not a sudden development ... such as the Rooikat armoured car and the G6 howitzer, many platforms are outdated and in desperate need of replacement.

RECALLING THE SENSELESS SHOOTING OF THAT ARMORED CAR GUARD SHOT IN THE BACK AS HE WORKED TO FILL AN ATM WITH CASH. SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWS AN ACCUSED GUNMAN RUNNING AWAY FROM THE SCENE OF A ...

The State Department had been in talks with Elon Musk’s Tesla company to buy armored electric vehicles, but the plans have ...

I n mid-February 2025, a rumor spread online that the U.S. Department of State planned to spend $400 million on "armored Teslas," a contract that Elon Musk, the car company's CEO and head of U.S ...

One of the 13 SANDF soldiers who were killed in the DRC hails from Tubatse. Moffat Molapo (53) died sometime during a two-day battle against M23 rebels near the city of Goma. Molapo was from ...

THE SA National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers deployed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) will not be recalled despite growing calls for the peacekeeping mission to be abandoned.

The soldiers' deaths on Thursday and Friday came amid a week-long visit this week by Minister of Defence and Military Veterans Angie Motshekga to the DRC to, among other things, "assess the ...

While details surrounding their deaths have not been revealed, SANDF Rear Admiral Prince Tshabalala said the soldiers still in the DRC are safe and are well armed. "The soldiers can defend ...

Armored vehicles belonging to the South Africa National Defence Forces (SANDF) contingent of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO ...

The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has dismissed claims circulating on social media that its forces surrendered to M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The SANDF ...