https://defenceweb.co.za Africa's leading defence news portal Thu, 22 Oct 2026 11:19:30 +0000 en-ZA hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://defenceweb.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/cropped-defenceweb-favicon-120x120.png https://defenceweb.co.za 32 32 https://defenceweb.co.za/joint/diplomacy-a-peace/mozambican-south-african-defence-chiefs-talk-security-in-pretoria/ https://defenceweb.co.za/joint/diplomacy-a-peace/mozambican-south-african-defence-chiefs-talk-security-in-pretoria/#respond Thu, 22 Oct 2026 11:19:30 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=184341 Southern African regional security was a priority when SA National Defence Force (SANDF) Chief, General Rudzani Maphwanya, hosted his Forças [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/joint/diplomacy-a-peace/mozambican-south-african-defence-chiefs-talk-security-in-pretoria/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/security/national-security/terrorist-propaganda-outpacing-global-efforts-to-stop-it-un/ https://defenceweb.co.za/security/national-security/terrorist-propaganda-outpacing-global-efforts-to-stop-it-un/#respond Thu, 22 Oct 2026 11:15:31 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=182933 Terrorist groups recruit, raise money and even plan operations through propaganda “embedded” in every stage of their work, a new [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/security/national-security/terrorist-propaganda-outpacing-global-efforts-to-stop-it-un/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/aerospace/aerospace-aerospace/cobra-aviation-group-powering-africas-aviation-future/ https://defenceweb.co.za/aerospace/aerospace-aerospace/cobra-aviation-group-powering-africas-aviation-future/#respond Thu, 22 Oct 2026 11:14:24 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=184250 Africa’s aviation future will not be built by ambition alone. It will be built by companies with the capability, technical [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/aerospace/aerospace-aerospace/cobra-aviation-group-powering-africas-aviation-future/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/aerospace/aerospace-aerospace/hensoldt-sas-argos-15-gimbal-offered-on-do228-nxt-special-mission-aircraft/ https://defenceweb.co.za/aerospace/aerospace-aerospace/hensoldt-sas-argos-15-gimbal-offered-on-do228-nxt-special-mission-aircraft/#respond Thu, 22 Oct 2026 11:13:18 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=184369 The Do228 NXT twin turboprop aircraft being developed General Atomics AeroTec Systems (GA-ATS) will be offered with Hensoldt South Africa’s [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/aerospace/aerospace-aerospace/hensoldt-sas-argos-15-gimbal-offered-on-do228-nxt-special-mission-aircraft/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/sa-defence-sa-defence/godongwana-moves-r560-million-to-rfmcf-confirms-r823-million-op-prosper-allocation/ https://defenceweb.co.za/sa-defence-sa-defence/godongwana-moves-r560-million-to-rfmcf-confirms-r823-million-op-prosper-allocation/#respond Thu, 22 Oct 2026 10:49:10 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=184355 Confirmation of the R823 million National Treasury is making available to the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) for the ongoing [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/sa-defence-sa-defence/godongwana-moves-r560-million-to-rfmcf-confirms-r823-million-op-prosper-allocation/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/sea/sea-sea/south-africa-india-and-brazil-conclude-ibsamar-ix-naval-exercise/ https://defenceweb.co.za/sea/sea-sea/south-africa-india-and-brazil-conclude-ibsamar-ix-naval-exercise/#respond Thu, 22 Oct 2026 10:26:23 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=184345 The navies of South Africa, India and Brazil have successfully completed Exercise Ibsamar IX 2026, demonstrating their ability to conduct [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/sea/sea-sea/south-africa-india-and-brazil-conclude-ibsamar-ix-naval-exercise/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/military-history/why-is-south-africas-military-heritage-missing-from-its-money/ https://defenceweb.co.za/military-history/why-is-south-africas-military-heritage-missing-from-its-money/#respond Wed, 21 Oct 2026 10:08:49 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=183578 Every day, South Africans carry small pieces of their national story in their pockets. Banknotes feature Nelson Mandela and the [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/military-history/why-is-south-africas-military-heritage-missing-from-its-money/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/aerospace/aerospace-aerospace/saaf-helicopter-fleet-to-get-a-boost-through-airbus-denel-partnership/ https://defenceweb.co.za/aerospace/aerospace-aerospace/saaf-helicopter-fleet-to-get-a-boost-through-airbus-denel-partnership/#respond Wed, 21 Oct 2026 10:07:04 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=184213 A strategic partnership agreement between Airbus Helicopters and Denel Aerospace should strengthen industrial cooperation in support of the South African [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/aerospace/aerospace-aerospace/saaf-helicopter-fleet-to-get-a-boost-through-airbus-denel-partnership/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/land/land-land/eu-to-fund-non-lethal-military-equipment-for-nigeria/ https://defenceweb.co.za/land/land-land/eu-to-fund-non-lethal-military-equipment-for-nigeria/#respond Wed, 21 Oct 2026 10:06:55 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=184288 West African Gulf of Guinea country and regional economic powerhouse Nigeria will boost the non-lethal abilities of its armed forces [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/land/land-land/eu-to-fund-non-lethal-military-equipment-for-nigeria/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/sa-defence-sa-defence/ex-will-for-peace-investigation-report-expected-by-month-end/ https://defenceweb.co.za/sa-defence-sa-defence/ex-will-for-peace-investigation-report-expected-by-month-end/#respond Wed, 21 Oct 2026 10:06:28 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=184283 South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, also Commander-in-Chief of the country’s national defence force, informed a Parliamentary questioner that 31 October [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/sa-defence-sa-defence/ex-will-for-peace-investigation-report-expected-by-month-end/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/border-security-2/border-management-authority-vehicle-targeting-system-recovers-vehicles-worth-r46-6-million/ https://defenceweb.co.za/border-security-2/border-management-authority-vehicle-targeting-system-recovers-vehicles-worth-r46-6-million/#respond Wed, 21 Oct 2026 09:00:01 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=184305 The Border Management Authority’s (BMA’s)  new Vehicle Targeting System (VTS) has led to the recovery of 83 vehicles, with a [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/border-security-2/border-management-authority-vehicle-targeting-system-recovers-vehicles-worth-r46-6-million/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/aerospace/aerospace-aerospace/how-safomar-builds-capability-beyond-the-sale/ https://defenceweb.co.za/aerospace/aerospace-aerospace/how-safomar-builds-capability-beyond-the-sale/#respond Wed, 21 Oct 2026 07:06:49 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=184246 For four decades, Safomar’s growth across Africa and the Indian Ocean islands has been shaped by a simple principle: the [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/aerospace/aerospace-aerospace/how-safomar-builds-capability-beyond-the-sale/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/sa-defence-sa-defence/auditor-general-identifies-deficiencies-in-motshekgas-areas-of-responsibility/ https://defenceweb.co.za/sa-defence-sa-defence/auditor-general-identifies-deficiencies-in-motshekgas-areas-of-responsibility/#respond Tue, 20 Oct 2026 10:02:20 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=183833 Efforts by South African Auditor-General (AG) Tsakani Maluleke to assist Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans (PCDMV) in [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/sa-defence-sa-defence/auditor-general-identifies-deficiencies-in-motshekgas-areas-of-responsibility/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/sa-defence-sa-defence/defence-oversight-committee-warns-bad-days-ahead-for-the-sandf-if-shortages-not-eliminated/ https://defenceweb.co.za/sa-defence-sa-defence/defence-oversight-committee-warns-bad-days-ahead-for-the-sandf-if-shortages-not-eliminated/#respond Tue, 20 Oct 2026 10:02:10 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=184239 After considering the Budgetary Review and Recommendation Reports (BRRRs) for among others, the Department of Defence (DoD), Parliament’s Portfolio Committee [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/sa-defence-sa-defence/defence-oversight-committee-warns-bad-days-ahead-for-the-sandf-if-shortages-not-eliminated/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/sea/sea-sea/increase-in-somali-piracy-concerning-imb/ https://defenceweb.co.za/sea/sea-sea/increase-in-somali-piracy-concerning-imb/#respond Tue, 20 Oct 2026 10:02:05 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=184233 The latest International Maritime Bureau (IMB) piracy update, released on 15 October, notes a resurgence of incidents involving Somali pirates [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/sea/sea-sea/increase-in-somali-piracy-concerning-imb/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/military-history/cuito-cuanavale-who-won-or-are-we-asking-the-wrong-question/ https://defenceweb.co.za/military-history/cuito-cuanavale-who-won-or-are-we-asking-the-wrong-question/#respond Tue, 20 Oct 2026 10:01:56 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=183630 Few episodes in South Africa’s military history remain as contested as the fighting at Cuito Cuanavale. Nearly four decades later, [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/military-history/cuito-cuanavale-who-won-or-are-we-asking-the-wrong-question/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/industry/industry-industry/from-humble-beginnings-to-advanced-manufacturing-30-years-of-production-logix/ https://defenceweb.co.za/industry/industry-industry/from-humble-beginnings-to-advanced-manufacturing-30-years-of-production-logix/#respond Tue, 20 Oct 2026 10:01:44 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=184254 For 30 years, Production Logix has been building South African manufacturing capability — growing from humble beginnings in a small [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/industry/industry-industry/from-humble-beginnings-to-advanced-manufacturing-30-years-of-production-logix/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/sa-defence-sa-defence/motshekga-faces-further-saaf-charter-flight-questions/ https://defenceweb.co.za/sa-defence-sa-defence/motshekga-faces-further-saaf-charter-flight-questions/#respond Tue, 20 Oct 2026 10:01:07 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=183976 Defence and Military Veterans Minister Angie Motshekga has, according to a Democratic Alliance (DA) Parliamentarian, not provided all the information [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/sa-defence-sa-defence/motshekga-faces-further-saaf-charter-flight-questions/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/sa-defence-sa-defence/avsa-seeks-clarity-on-revised-military-veteran-database-applications/ https://defenceweb.co.za/sa-defence-sa-defence/avsa-seeks-clarity-on-revised-military-veteran-database-applications/#respond Mon, 19 Oct 2026 10:28:28 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=184228 The major question Amalgamated Veterans of SA (AVSA) wants answered in the wake of a Department of Military Veterans (DMV) [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/sa-defence-sa-defence/avsa-seeks-clarity-on-revised-military-veteran-database-applications/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/aerospace/aerospace-aerospace/denel-aeronautics-unveils-new-skyler-uav-at-aad-2026/ https://defenceweb.co.za/aerospace/aerospace-aerospace/denel-aeronautics-unveils-new-skyler-uav-at-aad-2026/#respond Mon, 19 Oct 2026 10:01:52 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=184131 Denel publicly showcased its new Skyler unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for the first time at the recent Africa Aerospace and [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/aerospace/aerospace-aerospace/denel-aeronautics-unveils-new-skyler-uav-at-aad-2026/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/sea/sea-sea/the-law-cannot-keep-up-with-the-rapidly-changing-maritime-security-landscape/ https://defenceweb.co.za/sea/sea-sea/the-law-cannot-keep-up-with-the-rapidly-changing-maritime-security-landscape/#respond Mon, 19 Oct 2026 10:00:22 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=184219 New technologies, particularly unmanned naval systems, are emerging so quickly that the law is struggling to keep up, raising a [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/sea/sea-sea/the-law-cannot-keep-up-with-the-rapidly-changing-maritime-security-landscape/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/sa-defence-sa-defence/second-attempt-sees-hala-elected-as-jscd-co-chair-as-acrimony-continues/ https://defenceweb.co.za/sa-defence-sa-defence/second-attempt-sees-hala-elected-as-jscd-co-chair-as-acrimony-continues/#respond Mon, 19 Oct 2026 10:00:05 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=184210 Mzimasi Hala has, again, been elected as the co-chair of the Joint Standing Committee on Defence (JSCD) for the National [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/sa-defence-sa-defence/second-attempt-sees-hala-elected-as-jscd-co-chair-as-acrimony-continues/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/sea/sea-sea/eu-mediterranean-force-mandate-extended/ https://defenceweb.co.za/sea/sea-sea/eu-mediterranean-force-mandate-extended/#respond Mon, 19 Oct 2026 09:09:19 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=184153 The mandate of the European Union (EU) naval tasking in the Mediterranean Sea – Operation Irini – has been extended [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/sea/sea-sea/eu-mediterranean-force-mandate-extended/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/joint/diplomacy-a-peace/african-security-issues-under-the-us-magnifying-glass/ https://defenceweb.co.za/joint/diplomacy-a-peace/african-security-issues-under-the-us-magnifying-glass/#respond Mon, 19 Oct 2026 09:08:25 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=183841 Africa’s evolving security landscape and the importance of partnerships was recently under the spotlight in Germany, headquarters of the United [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/joint/diplomacy-a-peace/african-security-issues-under-the-us-magnifying-glass/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/sea/sea-sea/tanker-attacks-intensify-as-saudi-houthi-fighting-threatens-bab-el-mandeb/ https://defenceweb.co.za/sea/sea-sea/tanker-attacks-intensify-as-saudi-houthi-fighting-threatens-bab-el-mandeb/#respond Fri, 16 Oct 2026 10:36:43 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=184206 Commercial shipping across the Middle East faces a worsening security situation, with repeated attacks on tankers in and around the [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/sea/sea-sea/tanker-attacks-intensify-as-saudi-houthi-fighting-threatens-bab-el-mandeb/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/sa-defence-sa-defence/ag-orders-cuban-sa-military-co-operation-project-to-end/ https://defenceweb.co.za/sa-defence-sa-defence/ag-orders-cuban-sa-military-co-operation-project-to-end/#respond Fri, 16 Oct 2026 10:18:35 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=184199 South Africa’s Auditor-General (AG) – government’s financial watchdog when it comes to protecting the public purse – has instructed the [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/sa-defence-sa-defence/ag-orders-cuban-sa-military-co-operation-project-to-end/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/sa-defence-sa-defence/the-defunding-of-the-sandf-the-end-of-one-debate-the-beginning-of-another/ https://defenceweb.co.za/sa-defence-sa-defence/the-defunding-of-the-sandf-the-end-of-one-debate-the-beginning-of-another/#respond Fri, 16 Oct 2026 10:01:33 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=184183 Over the past 13 articles, I have attempted to examine the defunding of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/sa-defence-sa-defence/the-defunding-of-the-sandf-the-end-of-one-debate-the-beginning-of-another/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/joint/logistics/why-the-sandf-should-consider-drones-for-battlefield-resupply/ https://defenceweb.co.za/joint/logistics/why-the-sandf-should-consider-drones-for-battlefield-resupply/#respond Fri, 16 Oct 2026 10:00:07 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=183570 The fighting around Sake and Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in January 2025 brought a [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/joint/logistics/why-the-sandf-should-consider-drones-for-battlefield-resupply/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/civil-security-2/mozambiques-army-is-losing-a-crucial-counter-insurgency-battle/ https://defenceweb.co.za/civil-security-2/mozambiques-army-is-losing-a-crucial-counter-insurgency-battle/#respond Fri, 16 Oct 2026 08:26:10 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=184036 When terrorists attacked Cabo Delgado nine years ago on 5 October 2017, the Mozambique Defence Armed Forces (FADM) was taken [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/civil-security-2/mozambiques-army-is-losing-a-crucial-counter-insurgency-battle/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/industry/industry-industry/new-ecowas-commission-president-general-birame-diop-to-address-afridex-2026/ https://defenceweb.co.za/industry/industry-industry/new-ecowas-commission-president-general-birame-diop-to-address-afridex-2026/#respond Fri, 16 Oct 2026 08:00:19 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=184176 The organisers of Nigeria’s Africa International Defence Exhibition (AFRIDEX) 2026 have confirmed that the new Commission President of the Economic [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/industry/industry-industry/new-ecowas-commission-president-general-birame-diop-to-address-afridex-2026/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/sea/sea-sea/sa-navy-attends-seapower-symposium-in-italy/ https://defenceweb.co.za/sea/sea-sea/sa-navy-attends-seapower-symposium-in-italy/#respond Thu, 15 Oct 2026 11:36:03 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=184173 The South African Navy’s commitment to strengthening international maritime cooperation and naval diplomacy was reflected in the 15th Trans-Regional Seapower [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/sea/sea-sea/sa-navy-attends-seapower-symposium-in-italy/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/land/land-land/africa-buys-and-makes-weapons-but-who-controls-them/ https://defenceweb.co.za/land/land-land/africa-buys-and-makes-weapons-but-who-controls-them/#respond Thu, 15 Oct 2026 10:00:31 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=183584 At the height of some of the most consequential military campaigns the Nigerian Air Force had against Boko Haram in [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/land/land-land/africa-buys-and-makes-weapons-but-who-controls-them/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/sa-defence-sa-defence/opinion-the-dod-has-a-funding-crisis-the-anc-has-made-it-an-accountability-crisis/ https://defenceweb.co.za/sa-defence-sa-defence/opinion-the-dod-has-a-funding-crisis-the-anc-has-made-it-an-accountability-crisis/#respond Thu, 15 Oct 2026 09:55:31 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=183080 Deputy Minister Bantu Holomisa is right to warn that Treasury bureaucracy can delay constitutionally authorised military deployments and jeopardise national [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/sa-defence-sa-defence/opinion-the-dod-has-a-funding-crisis-the-anc-has-made-it-an-accountability-crisis/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/sea/sea-sea/navigating-nautical-confusion-in-pursuit-of-a-common-maritime-lexicon/ https://defenceweb.co.za/sea/sea-sea/navigating-nautical-confusion-in-pursuit-of-a-common-maritime-lexicon/#respond Thu, 15 Oct 2026 09:50:07 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=184170 From “chokepoints” to “freedom of navigation,” the world’s headlines have been replete with maritime terms in recent years, and navigating [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/sea/sea-sea/navigating-nautical-confusion-in-pursuit-of-a-common-maritime-lexicon/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/land/land-land/the-spectrum-enables-the-force-but-it-can-also-expose-the-force/ https://defenceweb.co.za/land/land-land/the-spectrum-enables-the-force-but-it-can-also-expose-the-force/#respond Thu, 15 Oct 2026 08:26:13 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=183869 The question of enabling or achieving spectrum dominance was a recurring theme on the first day of the Africa Aerospace [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/land/land-land/the-spectrum-enables-the-force-but-it-can-also-expose-the-force/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/sea/sea-sea/first-african-maritime-security-forum-getting-underway-in-ghana/ https://defenceweb.co.za/sea/sea-sea/first-african-maritime-security-forum-getting-underway-in-ghana/#respond Wed, 14 Oct 2026 10:00:57 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=184125 The inaugural African Maritime Security Forum is getting underway at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre in Ghana from [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/sea/sea-sea/first-african-maritime-security-forum-getting-underway-in-ghana/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/industry/denel-says-it-is-on-a-good-trajectory-despite-ninth-straight-audit-disclaimer/ https://defenceweb.co.za/industry/denel-says-it-is-on-a-good-trajectory-despite-ninth-straight-audit-disclaimer/#respond Wed, 14 Oct 2026 10:00:16 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=184120 Despite an annual revenue increase of some 15.8 per cent in the 2025/26 financial year, persistent operating losses, liquidity pressures, [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/industry/denel-says-it-is-on-a-good-trajectory-despite-ninth-straight-audit-disclaimer/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/sa-defence-sa-defence/opinion-what-the-denel-and-armscor-brrr-presentations-revealed-and-what-they-left-unsaid/ https://defenceweb.co.za/sa-defence-sa-defence/opinion-what-the-denel-and-armscor-brrr-presentations-revealed-and-what-they-left-unsaid/#respond Wed, 14 Oct 2026 08:55:51 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=184102 On Friday, 9 October 2026, the Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans received the Annual Report presentations of Denel [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/sa-defence-sa-defence/opinion-what-the-denel-and-armscor-brrr-presentations-revealed-and-what-they-left-unsaid/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/cyber-defence/we-can-never-get-to-a-situation-where-we-allow-ai-to-run-away-with-us/ https://defenceweb.co.za/cyber-defence/we-can-never-get-to-a-situation-where-we-allow-ai-to-run-away-with-us/#respond Wed, 14 Oct 2026 08:54:01 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=183872 The world is on an exponentially accelerating timeline towards Artificial General Intelligence but there is not enough debate about the [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/cyber-defence/we-can-never-get-to-a-situation-where-we-allow-ai-to-run-away-with-us/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/joint/science-a-defence-technology/sa-and-autonomous-weapons-regulating-risk-without-surrendering-technological-sovereignty/ https://defenceweb.co.za/joint/science-a-defence-technology/sa-and-autonomous-weapons-regulating-risk-without-surrendering-technological-sovereignty/#respond Wed, 14 Oct 2026 08:51:44 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=183587 The international debate over lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS) is entering an important phase. For South Africa, this debate should [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/joint/science-a-defence-technology/sa-and-autonomous-weapons-regulating-risk-without-surrendering-technological-sovereignty/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/joint/diplomacy-a-peace/most-un-missions-operate-where-peace-is-elusive-guterres/ https://defenceweb.co.za/joint/diplomacy-a-peace/most-un-missions-operate-where-peace-is-elusive-guterres/#respond Wed, 14 Oct 2026 07:55:51 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=183088 With just over two months to go before his tenure as United Nations (UN) Secretary-General ends, Antonio Guterres told a [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/joint/diplomacy-a-peace/most-un-missions-operate-where-peace-is-elusive-guterres/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/company-zones/ecm-technologies/us-dow-selects-avon-protection-system-mitr-m1-half-mask-and-mitr-pg1-powered-goggle/ https://defenceweb.co.za/company-zones/ecm-technologies/us-dow-selects-avon-protection-system-mitr-m1-half-mask-and-mitr-pg1-powered-goggle/#respond Tue, 13 Oct 2026 22:10:22 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=184143 The United States has become the latest nation to place an order for Avon Protection’s MITR System. The recent order [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/company-zones/ecm-technologies/us-dow-selects-avon-protection-system-mitr-m1-half-mask-and-mitr-pg1-powered-goggle/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/industry/industry-industry/opinion-why-south-africas-defence-industry-deserves-national-pride-status/ https://defenceweb.co.za/industry/industry-industry/opinion-why-south-africas-defence-industry-deserves-national-pride-status/#respond Tue, 13 Oct 2026 10:00:44 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=183077 South Africa’s defence industry is having a moment. Exports reached R10.1 billion in 2025, nearly tripling the previous year’s total, [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/industry/industry-industry/opinion-why-south-africas-defence-industry-deserves-national-pride-status/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/sea/sea-sea/maritime-exercise-ibsamar-ix-gets-under-way-in-simons-town/ https://defenceweb.co.za/sea/sea-sea/maritime-exercise-ibsamar-ix-gets-under-way-in-simons-town/#respond Tue, 13 Oct 2026 10:00:13 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=184087 South Africa, India and Brazil have begun the ninth edition of multinational maritime Exercise Ibsamar, with an expanded programme of [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/sea/sea-sea/maritime-exercise-ibsamar-ix-gets-under-way-in-simons-town/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/sa-defence-sa-defence/beyond-money-designing-a-more-capable-sandf/ https://defenceweb.co.za/sa-defence-sa-defence/beyond-money-designing-a-more-capable-sandf/#respond Tue, 13 Oct 2026 09:59:08 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=182737 The recent parliamentary scrutiny of the South African National Defence Force’s (SANDF) Journey to Greatness (JTG) should be welcomed. A [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/sa-defence-sa-defence/beyond-money-designing-a-more-capable-sandf/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/military-history/the-need-for-military-museums-explained/ https://defenceweb.co.za/military-history/the-need-for-military-museums-explained/#respond Tue, 13 Oct 2026 07:50:03 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=184024 With over 10 years of formal research into South African military history, Vaal University of Technology academic Dewald Venter is [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/military-history/the-need-for-military-museums-explained/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/governance/governance-governance/control-needed-over-military-ai-use-sa-mp-tells-international-parliamentary-body/ https://defenceweb.co.za/governance/governance-governance/control-needed-over-military-ai-use-sa-mp-tells-international-parliamentary-body/#respond Tue, 13 Oct 2026 07:39:28 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=184065 South African Member of Parliament (MP) Doris Mpapane used her podium turn during a peace and international security discussion, part [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/governance/governance-governance/control-needed-over-military-ai-use-sa-mp-tells-international-parliamentary-body/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/sa-defence-sa-defence/sandf-soldiers-in-durban-are-not-deployed-against-the-people/ https://defenceweb.co.za/sa-defence-sa-defence/sandf-soldiers-in-durban-are-not-deployed-against-the-people/#respond Tue, 13 Oct 2026 06:24:52 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=184085 On 8 and 9 October, violence swept through Durban’s city centre, and 14 vehicles were torched, shops looted and buildings [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/sa-defence-sa-defence/sandf-soldiers-in-durban-are-not-deployed-against-the-people/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/industry/industry-industry/tau-urges-scaling-of-sa-defence-industry-amid-r10-bn-in-exports/ https://defenceweb.co.za/industry/industry-industry/tau-urges-scaling-of-sa-defence-industry-amid-r10-bn-in-exports/#respond Mon, 12 Oct 2026 10:04:27 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=183660 Scaling up of South Africa’s aerospace and defence industrial capability and tapping into global demand is urgently needed as the [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/industry/industry-industry/tau-urges-scaling-of-sa-defence-industry-amid-r10-bn-in-exports/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/aerospace/aerospace-aerospace/airbus-wits-university-and-isae-supaero-sign-agreement-to-boost-south-africas-aerospace-capabilities/ https://defenceweb.co.za/aerospace/aerospace-aerospace/airbus-wits-university-and-isae-supaero-sign-agreement-to-boost-south-africas-aerospace-capabilities/#respond Mon, 12 Oct 2026 10:03:51 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=184012 Airbus Southern Africa, the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), and the Institut Supérieur de l’Aéronautique et de l’Espace (ISAE-SUPAERO) have [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/aerospace/aerospace-aerospace/airbus-wits-university-and-isae-supaero-sign-agreement-to-boost-south-africas-aerospace-capabilities/feed/ 0