Joining the South African National Defence Force - defenceWeb
Oct 3, 2019 · If you are interested in joining the Military Skills Development System, you can contact the SANDF’s head office at (012) 355 6999 or via email at info@dod.mil.za. The SANDF closed MSDS applications for 2025 on 15 March 2024, with successful candidates to report for duty at the beginning of 2025.
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South African National Defence Force - defenceWeb
Feb 1, 2013 · SANDF overview Minister of Defence: Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula. Chief of National Defence Force: Lieutenant General Solly Shoke Member of: UN, AU, IAEA, ICAO SADC, ISDSC Structure: The President is Commander-in-Chief of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) and appoints the Chief of the SANDF. The Department of Defence falls under the Ministry of Defence with its Minister and Deputy ...
SANDF chief on the state of South Africa’s defence capabilities
3rd October 2023. SANDF Chief, General Rudzani Mahwanya at Army Support Base Limpopo with SA Army Chief, Lieutenant General Lawrence Mbatha. General Rudzani Maphwanya, SA National Defence Force (SANDF) Chief, penned an upbeat introduction for the 2022/23 Department of Defence (DoD) annual report pointing out, among others, the national defence ...
Denel outlines its main South African projects and programmes
Jun 15, 2020 · In a May 28 presentation to the Joint Standing Committee on Defence, Denel provided an outline of its South African Department of Defence-funded multi-year programmes. On the landward side, these include Project Muhali for the obsolescence upgrade of the Army’s G6 self-propelled howitzers (due for completion in June 2021).
South Africa’s military is expected to do more than ever with …
Feb 5, 2024 · The South African National Defence Force marks 30 years this year, having been established on 27 April 1994. It’s as old as the country’s constitutional democracy, the result of a negotiated political settlement that ended apartheid. The defence force consists of the army, air force, navy, and military health service. It’s an amalgamation of the […]
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3 days ago · Mwari demonstrates operational impact in Mozambique. Aerospace defenceWeb - 23rd September 2024. Mozambique’s military is the launch customer for Paramount’s Mwari multi-role aircraft, and deployed the aircraft operationally in northern Mozambique in December 2022.
2024 MSD intake reports for two years duty - defenceWeb
23rd January 2024. MSD recruits still in "civvies" on the parade ground at Infantry School. 2024, specifically January, saw the first biennial military skills development (MSD) intake into the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) – with annual intakes sacrificed on the altar of cost-cutting. The small number – 2 634 – who made it through the ...
New Defence and Military Veterans Minister has two deputies
Jul 1, 2024 · Picture: DA. South African and African National Congress (ANC) leader Cyril Ramaphosa added a second deputy defence and military veterans minister to his seventh administration cabinet made public yesterday (Sunday, 30 June) a month after South Africans voted in national and provincial elections. That there would be new faces at the Defence and ...
Thandi Modise is South Africa’s new defence minister
6th August 2021. Defence and Military Veterans Minister Thandi Modise. Former speaker of the National Assembly Thandi Modise has replaced Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula as South Africa’s defence minister. President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the move after a Cabinet reshuffle on Thursday night, which saw a shakeup of the security cluster.