On Wednesday, 28 January 2026, News 24 reported that the six soldiers who were charged with the murder of Hawks senior ...

The Department of Defence has been accused of deflecting responsibility for deficiencies in its planning and expenditure.

The R372 million allocated for the upcoming Defence Force Day parade this month has been criticised as a “mind-boggling” and “grotesque” waste of taxpayers’ money – but others see it as an excellent ...

The Department of Defence has announced a board of inquiry to investigate the participation of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s ...

A four-strong Board of Inquiry (BoI) will, according to the South African Department of Defence (DoD), investigate and report on “serious allegations” around ...

"The rule of law is indivisible. Either it binds all institutions that wield force in the name of the Republic, or it binds none." ...

Last week, the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) ignored the orders of its commander-in-chief, President Cyril Ramaphosa, over the participation of Iranian warships in a naval exercise off ...

More than a year after 14 South African Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers were killed in the eastern Democratic Republic of ...

A heated debate has erupted over Iran's role in the Will For Peace Exercise. Defence Minister Angie Motshekga appointed an ...

Any finding that Ramaphosa caused or aggravated the debacle is thus most unlikely. One should take as given that the BoI’s primary purpose is not to find the truth, but to protect the reputation of ...

Twelve SANDF members have been arrested for the 2023 murder of Hawks member Lieutenant Colonel Ngwako Frans Mathipa. At the time, he was investigating them for kidnapping and murder. The case against ...