This week’s Friday Briefing explores whether the defence minister’s optimistic portrayal of the SAMIDRC withdrawal from the ...

The assertion by Defence and Military Veterans Minister Angie Motshekga that deployed members of the South African National ...

The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) says it has implemented precautionary measures to ensure the safety of its ...

The first group of SANDF soldiers and other regional troops were withdrawn last week, after a decision by the Southern ...

Around 3,000 SANDF troops have been stationed in Goma, in Eastern DRC, since December 2023 in peacekeeping efforts amid tensions between the DRC armed forces and M23 rebels. Defence Minister Angie ...

General Rudzani Maphwanya, has said the Southern African Development Community Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (SAMIDRC) was not a failure as it contributed to peace efforts in the Central ...

Government insists that its mission in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been successful. This emerged in Parliament in a briefing on the removal of the SA soldiers from the DRC. Earlier this ...

The Democratic Alliance rejects, with contempt, the South African National Defence Force’s (SANDF) claim that its deployment ...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will reportedly meet with the Rwandan and Congolese foreign ministers in an effort to agree ...

Retired Brigadier General Peter Sereko said the South African National Defence Force’s ability to carry out its peacekeeping ...

Defence Minister Angie Motshekga and SANDF chief General Rudzani Maphwanya said the ceasefire in DRC paved the way for South ...

The withdrawal of the SADC forces from DR Congo is scheduled to be completed by the end of May, according to the South African military chief.