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 […]
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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 […]
Podcast
AAD Day One: Ministers, Thales, Rosoboron
Day One saw AAD2014 kick off with the South African Minister of Defence discuss all things SA-related in terms of its strategic needs. JOHN STUPART and DARREN OLIVIER […]
News
African Debut for STREIT Vehicles
STREIT Group will be presenting its armoured vehicle and security solutions when it exhibits at Africa Aerospace & Defence (AAD) 2014. In particular, STREIT Group’s […]
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 […]
Strategy
The SAAF’s Options for Strategic Airlift
This article originally appeared in the April edition of SA Flyer and FlightCom magazine. It is republished here with minor edits. This week I’m exploring some of the […]
Strategy
The SAAF’s Options for Tactical Airlift
This article originally appeared in the May edition of SA Flyer and FlightCom magazine. It has received minor edits to bring it up to date. In my last post I described […]
Strategy
South Africa's Airlift Crisis
The South African Air Force (SAAF) faces an airlift crisis. While the demands on its fleet continue to increase, including larger and riskier missions thousands of […]
News
Inside the South African Defence Review
The South African Defence Review is set for parliamentary debate in September this year. If adopted by government, it could see the defence budget increase from […]
News
The future of air power in Southern Africa
This article originally appeared in the February edition of SA Flyer and FlightCom magazine. As the political, economic and technological aspects of countries in the […]
Strategy
SA's Military: Scrabbling for Petrol Money
In the 1990’s Deloitte and Touche were awarded a multi-million rand contract to restructure the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) into a more efficient […]