President Cyril Ramaphosa honoured SANDF troops at Armed Forces Day in Limpopo, reflecting on the 1917 SS Mendi tragedy and soldiers’ sacrifices.
The SANDF will be weakened following the reveal of its budget for the 2026, 2027 period, including its border management and ...
President Cyril Ramaphosa has moved the probe into army commanders who allowed Iran to participate in a naval exercise from ...
President Cyril Ramaphosa has moved to assure the nation that the deployment of the SANDF within the country, was done with ...
The SANDF may, for example, be called on by the police to provide protection in high-risk operations, or to support cordon-and-search operations against armed criminals. Soldiers may also help to ...
In the State of the Nation Address on 12 February 2026, I announced that we would be deploying the SANDF to support the South African Police Service (SAPS) in tackling gang violence and illegal mining ...
President and Commander-in-Chief Cyril Ramaphosa has acknowledged the underfunding of the South African National Defence ...
Government is working to close funding gaps and strengthen the readiness of the country’s armed forces to assist the South Africa National Police Service (Saps) in fighting organised crime, according ...
In spite of Presidential assurances and some ad hoc allocations, South Africa’s defence budget will shrink by R2 billion next year.