Good neighbourliness in the interests of combatting crime was displayed by two Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries to curb the use of illegal firearms. The…
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South Africa has spent more than two decades tightening immigration laws, strengthening border security and increasing deportations in an effort to curb illegal immigration. Yet irregular…
South African countries were on the calling card list of the senior Africom staffer responsible for civil-military engagement with four agenda items set for meetings in…
A company from the Potchefstroom-based SAASIC (SA Army Specialised Infantry Capability) has headed to the mountains to boost safeguarding efforts along the South Africa/Lesotho Free State…
Basotho who have been barred from South Africa for overstaying will be granted amnesty. This announcement is part of a move towards allowing citizens from both…
Surrounded entirely by South Africa, the Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) has been shaped less by external threats than by domestic political dynamics. Small and lightly equipped,…
The six-year period that ended on 31 December last year saw South Africa cement defence ties with nine countries by entering into agreements and memoranda of…
Parliament’s Select Committee on Security and Justice (SCSJ) was this week on the Free State/Lesotho border to see firsthand security issues such as stock theft and…
The National Commissioner of the South African Police Service (SAPS), General Fannie Masemola has met with his counterpart in Lesotho, Advocate Borotho Matsoso. Monday’s meeting in…
The South African Police Service (SAPS) says the country’s intelligence structures have been investigating Lesotho’s claims that there are illegal military camps on farms in South…
In an extraordinary joint press briefing at the police headquarters in Maseru on Friday, the heads of the Lesotho Defence Force (LDF), Lesotho Mounted Police Service…
In addition to being an area where livestock roams – not always of own volition – in search of grazing, police and soldiers on the eastern…
The lack of effective fencing on South African land borders contributes to easy access for, among others, farmers seeking good grazing, and livestock thieves. On what…
During a five-day operation along the Free State and Lesotho border, a multi-disciplinary team of law enforcement and community stakeholders intercepted 72 suspects along the border.…
All three South African government agencies committed to border protection and security recently combined to intercept more than R1.4 million in cash from Basotho illegals at…
