Mobility remains a critical capability for any modern military. Without the ability to move personnel, equipment, and mission ...

There is a particular confidence that comes from spending one’s career on a trading floor, and Hendrik du Toit has it in abundance. The Ninety One chief ...

Recently, Turkish company Raff Military Textile announced it would join the Turkish Exporters Assembly (TEM) on its 21 to 25 July trip to Kampala, in Uganda.

The SANDF faces capability erosion from ageing assets and limited resources, yet South Africa still fields an influential, ...

For more than two decades, discussions about the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) have centred on one overriding ...

Demonstrations against irregular migration around the country remained largely peaceful and non-violent on Tuesday 30 June, ...

Building defence capability is about far more than acquiring new equipment. It requires long-term investment in innovation, strategic partnerships and the ability to translate emerging technologies ...

Small, politicised, and increasingly focused on counter insurgency operations, the Togolese Armed Forces (FAT) are a force in transition. Long defended by its role as an instrument of the Gnassingbé ...

Centurion headquartered trade union Solidarity maintains five practical tests must be passed before the ammunition ...

Department of Defence officials are being investigated for apparently manipulating dozens of Covid-19 personal protective equipment (PPE) tenders, in the latest such scandal to emerge. The Sunday ...

In the previous article, I unpacked the financial trajectory of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF), showing how prolonged underfunding and rigid expenditure patterns have hollowed out ...