Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Africa’s militaries are built on imported power. Foreign countries such as China, Russia, the United States, Turkey and France ...

An artist impression of a Gripen jet fighter launching the A-Darter missile. Credit: Denel Group Legislators in South Africa’s Parliament were recently told the South African Air Force (SAAF) was ...

They are in turn accountable to the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans of the Defence Department. The military as it exists today was created in 1994, following South Africa's first nonracial ...

While the continent is legally committed to being a nuclear-free zone, its security is challenged by the lack of clarity in ...

Light helicopters could become a new platform for military forces in North Africa if tests being carried out by Europcopter and a South African systems integrator are successful. Eurocopter, and ...

South African soldiers deployed in the country’s high-crime areas have dismantled illegal mining operations Johannesburg.

South Africa is set to deploy its army to tackle rampant crime, a move described by President Cyril Ramaphosa as essential for the nation's future. The deployment, an unusual step for Africa's leading ...

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