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.

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 ...

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.

Protests in South Africa, and the conditions that gave rise to them, echo the experience of the youth-led uprisings seen ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has cleared up the intent behind deploying the army inside South Africa, and the role the soldiers will play.

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.

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

Members of the Congolese Red Cross and Civil Protection bury dozens of victims of the recent clashes in a cemetery in Goma on February 4, 2025. [AFP] The remains of 14 South African soldiers killed in ...