On 13 May 2025, the South African Portfolio Committees on Police and Agriculture convened for a crucial joint meeting to discuss the growing issue of rural safety, with particular focus on farm ...

Having successfully developed a four-axis stabilised airborne electro-optical gimbal, Pretoria-based Tower35 is finalising a ...

Armscor is keeping its cards close to the chest when it comes to the new sniper system for the SA Army. Officially Project Tedu, the system is a replacement for the long-serving R1 sniper capability ...

Respected military analyst Helmoed Heitman maintains “under-funding and over-stretch” are central to the lack of suitable human resources preventing the SA Army from properly fulfilling the tasks ...

Around a thousand delegates are currently in Munich, Germany, for the United Nations (UN) Peacekeeping Ministerial working to shape a more agile, intelligent and resilient peacekeeping model for the ...

More than three decades after unilaterally declaring independence from Somalia, Somaliland still seeks international recognition as a sovereign state. Despite a lack of formal acknowledgement, the ...

The Portfolio Committee on Police recently convened a marathon oversight session to examine the South African Police ...

The South African Police Service (SAPS) has responded to critical questions raised by the Inkatha Freedom Party’s Inkosi Cebekhulu, regarding its efforts to tackle firearm violence and improve ...

South Africa’s police are finally baring their teeth. In a week of increased national and metro police patrols, more than 17,000 suspects were arrested – an enormous police sweep that’s being hailed ...

The South African Police Service (SAPS) has provided an update on the progress and planning of the Firearms Control Management System (FCMS), detailing the features of upcoming releases, adjustments ...

The Democratic Alliance (DA) has rejected the South African National Defence Force’s (SANDF's) claim that its deployment with the SAMIDRC mission in the Democratic ...

The South African Communist Party (SACP) has added its voice to calls for an end to funding cuts that have weakened the SA National... Support for SA Air Force (SAAF) Chief, Lieutenant General Wiseman ...