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Claim 1: This was the last SAAF C-130 and now there are none left ❌ False: There are five other operational C-130BZs in service (serials 401, 402, 405, 406, 409). One of […]
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In May, an image was posted on social media, in which members of the ‘Ambazonia Defence Forces’, a secessionist militant group conducting an insurgency in the […]
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The A-Darter IR-guided short-range air-to-air missile (SRAAM), developed jointly by South Africa and Brazil & co-funded by their respective air forces, has turned out […]
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In recent weeks there has been much public debate regarding the news that Saudi Arabian Military Industries (SAMI) is in talks with the South African government to take […]
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While President Emmerson Mnangagwa was leaving the stage at a rally at White City Stadium in Bulawayo, an explosion occurred among his retinue - seemingly very close to […]
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A spate of attacks in rural northeastern Mozambique has set the region on edge. Beheadings, IED attacks, and a growing economic marginalization of a muslim community in a […]
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The South African Ministry of Defence has for the first time revealed the operating and deployment costs of the three Denel Rooivalk combat support helicopters deployed […]
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According to highly-placed sources in the South African National Defence Force (SANDF), Rooivalk attack helicopters deployed to the United Nations Mission in the […]
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On Tuesday 10 October South Africa’s police minister issued a call for the South African military to intervene into the ganglands of Cape Town. The move was widely […]
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“The citizens [of Darfur] carry weapons because he does not feel safe,” explains Masalit leader, Sultan Malik Yacoub. The hurried disarmament campaign lacks consultation […]
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Written by Dean Wingrin and Darren Olivier. This story was jointly investigated by defenceWeb and African Defence Review. The other version can be seen here. A South […]
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A startling claim is buried within a routine new United Nations report: That a Palestinian militant group is operating in Libya. The Panel of Experts on Libya, a United […]
