The families of 14 SANDF soldiers who died in the DRC are still awaiting the return of their loved ones’ remains amid costly deployment challenges.

They stuck to their guns that SANDF is one of 16 forces involved in the mission while justifying the resources utilised. Questions about the soldiers' capabilities were also a common thread.

Earlier this week, General Rudzani Maphwanya confirmed to Parliament that the bodies of the soldiers would arrive in Pretoria on Wednesday. Armored vehicles belonging to the South Africa National ...

The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has lost nine soldiers in combat against M23 rebels in the Democratic ...

This comes as tensions between Rwanda and the DRC have escalated in the past three years, resulting in countless casualties and displacing tens of thousands.

A week after the first of 13 South African soldiers were killed by M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), ...

The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has dismissed claims circulating on social media that its forces surrendered to M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The SANDF ...

The battle involved troops of the South African National Defence Force, including a contingent of Special Forces, and a grouping ... the assertion by the SANDF that granting his request would ...

Following the deaths of South African National Defence Force (SANDF) members during combat in the eastern Democratic Republic ...

SANDF is (barring a few special forces) paper tiger. As the Ayn Rand said it so well: “We can ignore reality, but we cannot ignore the consequences of ignoring reality”. Accept that SANDF is ...

The Minister of Defence and Military Veterans, Ms Angie Motshekga and the Chief of the SANDF, Gen Rudzani Maphwanya and ...