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FILE: Defence Minister Thandi Modise. Picture: GCIS

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Modise: Defence Dept made mistake buying heberon vaccine from Cuba

By Regan Thaw

The drug was imported without authorisation from the relevant local authorities, like regulator Sahpra, under the watch of former Defence Minister Nosiviwe...

  • FILE: SAPS members and SANDF soldiers deploy in the Mitchells Plain area in Cape Town to enforce the Disaster Management Act and to ensure the adherence of the lockdown regulations on 20 April 2020. Picture: @SAPoliceService/Twitter

    Courts, police, defence set for significant budget cuts over next 3 years - FCC

    Financial and Fiscal Commission deputy chairperson Michael Sachs said that allocations to national departments were set to fall in rand terms over the next three years, with defence and the criminal justice system bearing the brunt.

    639 days ago
  • FILE: Late former president Nelson Mandela relaxes with his wife Graca Machel at his Houghton home in 2011. Picture: GCIS.

    SANDF distances itself from Mandela book

    The Defence Department has issued a statement distancing the military health service from a book about the final years leading up to Nelson Mandela’s death.

    1847 days ago
  • FILE: President Jacob Zuma. Picture: AFP.

    DA wants answers over report of R1.3bn jet for Zuma

    A media report alludes to several high-level meetings between defence force and military officials under the code named 'Project Moeketsi'.

    1978 days ago
  • SANDF soldiers. Picture: Supplied.

    Decline in funding could hurt SANDF operations

    The defence minister says the SANDF has to get creative by developing a new funding model.

    2283 days ago
  • Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula. Picture: Sapa.

    Minister defends cost of SA military arms

    Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula says the cost of arming SA’s military is necessary for national security.

    3055 days ago
  • MPs have called on Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula to give details on SA’s R1.2b contract for a spy satellite. Picture: Sapa.

    Questions raised over SA’s R1.2b spy satellite

    MPs have called on the defence minister to give details on SA’s R1.2b contract for a spy satellite.

    3123 days ago
  • Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula. Picture: Sapa.

    DA questions Minister's Tlokwe trip

    DA is accusing the Defence Minister of trying to cover up reasons for her trip to NW.

    3263 days ago
  • The arms deal commission underway on 23 August 2013. Picture: Belinda Moses/EWN.

    Arms Deal: Defence dept rocked by budget cuts

    Another witness has taken the stand in the arms deal commission in Johannesburg.

    3269 days ago
  • MPs, Defence Department officials and Armscor were expected to take part in the private meeting. Picture: Supplied

    Arms procurement meeting postponed

    MPs, Defence Department officials and Armscor were expected to take part in the private meeting.

    3310 days ago
  • The DA’s David Maynier has questioned the decision to hold a new weapons procurement meeting in secret. Picture: Supplied

    Closed Parliament meeting for weapons procurement plans

    The DA’s David Maynier has questioned the decision to hold a new weapons procurement meeting in secret.

    3311 days ago
  • Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula. Picture: Sapa.

    'Mapisa-Nqakula broke no rules'

    The Defence Dept says its minister broke no rules using an air force helicopter to go to Tlokwe.

    3313 days ago
  • Economic analysts have slated the defence ministry’s decision to buy new presidential jets.

    Zuma doesn't need another jet

    Economic analysts have slated the defence ministry’s decision to buy new presidential jets.

    3365 days ago
  • Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula. Picture: Sapa.

    SA's ageing military planes

    Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula said some planes are 60-62 years old.

    3366 days ago
  • Guests arrive at the Waterkloof Air Force Base for the Gupta wedding. Picture: Barry Bateman/EWN.

    'Defence Force denied Guptas request to land'

    SANDF says permission from a Gupta-owned business to use the Waterkloof Air Force base was denied.

    3389 days ago
  • The Gupta jet parked at the Waterkloof Air Force Base. Picture: Beeld.com.

    Ministry suspends official over Gupta landing

    Chief of State Protocol Bruce Koloane has been suspended over the Gupta landing debacle.

    3389 days ago
  • SANDF soldiers carry the bodies of their colleagues killed in the Central African Republic on 24 March 2013. Picture: Alex Eliseev/EWN

    Minister to explain CAR deployment

    Minister Nosive Mapisa-Nqakula is expected to explain why SA troops were deployed to the CAR.

    3399 days ago
  • South African troops patrol on January 10, 2013 a position in Bangui. Picture: AFP

    Defence dept. defends CAR mission

    Officials continue to ask questions about SA soldiers’ deployment to the CAR.

    3402 days ago
  • A video grab made on March 24, 2013 shows suspected looters carrying goods as they walk in a street in Bangui on March 24, 2013. Rebels seized control of Bangui and the coup-prone country's president disappeared. Picture: AFP

    SA Air Force on rescue mission to CAR

    It is unclear how many South African soldiers have been killed in the Central African Republic.

    3427 days ago
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