The largest “consumer” – as it were – of South Africa’s defence budget when it comes to military pomp and ceremony is the annual State of the Nation Address (SONA), accounting for close on half the SA ...

Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM) has secured a major 155 mm artillery ammunition order from an international customer – worth ...

It’s now mid-2025 and there’s still no indication of when the long-awaited South African defence industry (SADI) lekgotla ...

Spanish shipbuilder Navantia has launched a new offshore patrol vessel (OPV) for the Royal Moroccan Navy, with delivery ...

People who are found unfit to stand trial or be held criminally liable for a crime due to their psychiatric state are supposed to receive specialised care in the health system. But hundreds are being ...

The South African Police Service (SAPS) is piloting 100 body-worn cameras (BWCs) this year. While some advocate for an ...

Defence materiel division Armscor falls under the Department of Defence (DoD) and as such receives about 5% of the DoD budget. It received an allocation of R2.83 billion in 2024/25, which will rise to ...

In its ongoing campaign to contain jihadist threats in the Horn of Africa, US Africa Command (Africom) announced the execution of a precision airstrike targeting ISIS-Somalia on Sunday, 1 June.

The Democratic Alliance (DA) is calling for a thorough review of security spending at Gauteng’s public hospitals, after revelations that security costs have surged from R655 million in 2022 to a ...

At the recent Evidence-Based Policing South Africa Conference in Cape Town, Dr Alice Maree of the Cash-In-Transit Association of South Africa (CITASA) delivered a presentation on the state of ...

After the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) set aside a R257 million software contract between the Department of Defence (DoD) ...

The Nigerian Navy marked its 69th anniversary on 31 May by commissioning three patrol vessels and three AW109 Trekker ...