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Red Team: Sudan and the SANDF
In the absence of clear information coming out of Darfur to dispel rampant speculation that South African National Defence Force troops participating in UNAMID […]
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Defence Industry
Defending the Defence Review
In early June, after three years of debate and revision, the National Assembly passed the South African Defence Review. Spanning several hundred pages and authored by a […]
News
The Army Goes to Bellville
Yesterday morning SANDF troops from 9 South African Infantry battalion took part in a raid in Bellville, Western Cape, in an operation authorities claimed was meant to […]
Defence Industry
The Rooivalk Attack Helicopter
The Rooivalk Attack Helicopter is a product of decades of South African defence design and manufacturing ingenuity. African Defence Review presents some of the basics of […]
Podcast
Spies, Jammers and Jihadis
Image by James Rayneau Editor John Stupart and Senior Correspondent Darren Olivier discuss three issues currently dominating South African media, and how big of a […]
Strategy
SONA2015: What about defence?
Coverage of the South African State of the nation (SONA) speech was characterised more by opposition evictions and violence than the actual content of President […]
Strategy
The Year of Hard Choices for SANDF
The end of 2014 saw a surge in activity for many conflicts on the continent, and with it, a changing South African National Defence Force (SANDF). The country’s […]
News
VVIP Charters and the South African Air Force
This article originally appeared in the November edition of SA Flyer and FlightCom magazine. It is republished here with minor edits. The subject of chartered VVIP […]
Strategy
Why are African militaries not making better use of CubeSats?
This article originally appeared in the June edition of SA Flyer and FlightCom magazine. It is republished here with minor edits. As the cost of space-based sensors […]
Podcast
AAD Day Two: Soft kills & Hard kills
Day two of AAD 2014 was an in-depth, active event with announcements coming from a multitude of local defence producers. JOHN STUPART and DARREN OLIVIER discuss the […]
News
What's Going on in Lesotho?
Allegations of a military coup in Lesotho after troops attacked government buildings have raised the possibility of a repeat of 1998’s intervention by South Africa […]
Defence Industry
South Africa's Defence Budget Speech - The important bits
Defence Minister Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula’s speech on Wednesday could have been a rambling mess about the broad dealings of the defence force in South […]