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Cape Town · Cape TownThe September 2023 incident involving the SA Navy (SAN) submarine SAS Manthatisi (S101) and an SA Air Force (SAAF) Super Lynx helicopter could not have been foreseen and is attributed to the Heroine Class boat being “at the right place at the wrong time when Mother Nature had the final word”. The maritime helicopter, operated by 22 Squadron out of Air Force Base (AFB) Ysterplaat, was executing a vertical replenishment (VERTREP) with the submarin…See the Story
No human blame apportioned for 2023 Manthatisi deaths - defenceWeb
Pretoria · PretoriaThe South African Defence and Military Veterans Ministry familiarisation tour made its third service stop at the SA Navy (SAN) headquarters unit in downtown Pretoria this week. On arrival at what was SAS Immortelle, Minister Angie Motshekga and her deputies Richard Hlophe and Bantu Holomisa were welcomed by a summer uniformed guard of honour against Pretoria’s Spring backdrop of purple Jacaranda blossoms. After being updated by SAN Chief, Vice A…See the Story
Navy HQ in Pretoria was stop three on Ministerial familiarisation tour - defenceWeb
Books · Jan KempdorpBetween 1967 and 1994 the then-South African Defence Force (SADF) conscripted approximately 600,000 men (mostly Caucasian school-leavers) for compulsory military duty, commonly known as National Service. While the number of books covering South Africa’s campaign in Angola has been growing over the years, most tend to concentrate more on the elite forces and the operations they conducted behind enemy lines. This book rather, is the culmination of…See the Story
Book review: The Many Wars I Fought by Emile Wolfaardt - defenceWeb
Military Operations · NigerThe United States is winding down its military operations in Niger ahead of a mid-September deadline agreed with the country’s ruling military junta. The landlocked nation in west Africa recently announced it was ending military cooperation with the US after 11 years. This was after the military in Niger overthrew the country’s democratically elected president. Niger has been a strategic military partner of several countries, including the US, F…See the Story
US military is leaving Niger even less secure: why it didn’t succeed in combating terrorism - defenceWeb
Russia, Moscow Oblast · RussiaAmong a handful of prisoners of war captured in Ukraine after fighting for Russia, a young Somali man stood out. He said he joined the army to give his family a “good future,” and was told he would be a “helper” doing logistics and first aid. He did not expect to be sent to the front lines. “I didn’t know that I would be in the first line,” the unidentified man said during a news conference in Kyiv on March 15. “I was just dropped there without …See the Story
Russia sends Africans to fight in Ukraine - defenceWeb
Pretoria · PretoriaThe Request for Bid (ELWS/2024/71) for the procurement of personnel carriers for the SA Army was issued on 23 July 2024, with a requirement for 462 vehicles. This Request for Bid followed the initial Request for Information (RFI/01/2023) for armoured personnel carrier vehicles capable of counterinsurgency operations. This is an exciting development for providing locally produced solutions for the market. The problem is that there have been too m…See the Story
Personnel carrier tender: Is all well at Armscor? - defenceWeb
Visakhapatnam · VisakhapatnamNaval co-operation between India and South Africa now includes submarine rescue with an implementing agreement (IA) confirmed. The IA, according to the Indian Government Press Information Bureau (PIB), was signed by Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi, Indian Navy Chief of Naval Staff and Vice Admiral Monde Lobese, SA Navy (SAN) Chief. The statement is dated yesterday (4 September) and gives no venue, although the South African and Indian navies on 27 and…See the Story
Indian and SA navies commit to deep sea submarine rescue agreement - defenceWeb
Alexandria, Egypt · AlexandriaEgypt’s first international air show is underway at Alamein International Airport, El Dabaa, west of Alexandria with President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi present for Tuesday’s opening. Reports from the North African country have it more than 300 aviation and aerospace companies from nearly 100 countries are exhibiting and participating in the Egypt International Airshow which ends tomorrow (Thursday, 5 September). The event, billed as the largest in A…See the Story