Russia has banned the recruitment of foreign mercenaries from dozens of countries after African nations expressed outrage ...

South Africa's foreign minister says at least two South Africans have died fighting for Russia in the war in Ukraine after being tricked into traveling there by a recruitment scheme.

The South African leader said that the men had come home two weeks after he had won agreement from President Vladimir V. Putin.

When President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the deployment of the South African National Defence Force to the provinces of Gauteng and the Western Cape in his 2026 State of the Nation Address, he was met ...

The Member of Parliament (MP) at the helm of the Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans (PCDMV) Molefi “Dakota” Legoete warns “the use of the ...

South African troops deployed to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) under Operation THIBA as part of the Southern African Development Community’s (SADC) mission, SAMIDRC. Their objective is to ...

Organized crime is "the most immediate threat" to South Africa's democracy, President Cyril Ramaphosa said in his state of the nation address, pledging to use the military against criminals.

South Africa’s latest crime statistics again show high violence levels, with some communities carrying a greater burden of ...

Soldiers from the South African National Defence Force are going to be deployed alongside members of the South African Police Service to combat gangs and armed groups associated with illegal mining.