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 South African National Defence Force (SANDF) Chief General Rudzani Maphwanya has strongly criticised what he termed “overnight defence specialists” for playing the blame game over the ...

Promises of a bigger budget allocation for the army comes amid criticism that the SANDF has been hollowed out, leaving it without a proper line of defence. Fourteen South African soldiers were ...

Picture: Lindsay Dentlinger/EWN CAPE TOWN - A closed-door meeting of Parliament at which more details were expected to be shared on Friday about the operational deployment of SANDF soldiers in the ...

JOHANNESBURG - The Defence Force maintains its soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo are safe. Fourteen soldiers were killed near Goma and their remains have since been repatriated back to ...

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 ...

Ramaphosa also hit back at those who are questioning the presence of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF)in the DRC. This follows accusations that the SANDF is in the DRC to protect ...

In a deeply emotional ceremony at the Air Force Base Swartkop in Gauteng, the remains of 14 South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers have been officially handed over to their grieving ...

The leader of the Congo River Alliance, Corneille Nangaa confirmed that the Alliance entered the area. The family of the SANDF soldier stationed in the DRC said he went silent for a while and when he ...