5.3 The government has strived to increase the capacity of the SAPS with the recruitment of additional 15 thousand members, including the creation of specialised unit for tacking specialised ...

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 remains of 14 SANDF soldiers who died in the DRC have returned to South Africa, honoured in a moving memorial service. Handover of the remains of fallen heroes of SANDF by the President ...

Picture: Eyewitness News JOHANNESBURG - The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) said that the families of the 14 South African peacekeepers who died in the eastern Democratic Republic of ...

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 ...

THE families of the 14 South African National Defence Force (SANDF) members killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are expected to finally receive the mortal remains of their loved ones ...

South African troops in the DRC, SANDF. Facebook/SA National Defence Force JOHANNESBURG - President Cyril Ramaphosa has dismissed calls to withdraw the South African troops deployed in the ongoing ...

one moment will forever remain in the memory of this year’s ceremony – the harmonious performance by the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) band. A video recently circulated on ...

JOHANNESBURG - The 14 SANDF members who died in Goma, Eastern DRC, will be laid to rest with full military honours. The ceremony -- steeped in tradition — adheres to strict military protocol and ...

General Rudzani Maphwanya, the chief of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF), has slammed critics who claim the SANDF is ill-equipped while on a mission in the Democratic Republic of ...