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Boeing, Lockheed Martin and other defence contractors have been targeted.
The outgoing Biden administration has urged Ukraine to drop the minimum age of conscription to 18 to plug severe manpower shortages across the 1,000-kilometre front line.
The financial and political power amassed by Rheinmetall's supporters raises a question that reverberates beyond economics: What legacy will South Africa leave, and at what price, asks the writer.
GM Defense has independently developed its Next Generation Tactical Vehicle as an option to replace the Humvee — High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) — fielded in the 1980’s.
An investigation by the South African Navy revealed that abnormal waves and poor safety gear during a routine exercise caused the tragic deaths of three submariners off Cape Town.
While America’s youth are calling for an immediate ceasefire and divestment from Israel, the US continues to act as the enabler of this genocide, forcing Palestinians into even deeper levels of starvation and desperation as they fight for their very survival.
OPINION: Finally, this past week, the US Congress passed the $95 billion (R1. 8 trillion) aid package – $61bn went to Ukraine, $26bn to Israel and $8b to Taiwan, writes Wesley Seale.
Political parties said the South African National Defence Force should have the equipment to quell the fire.
OPINION: For many South Africans, the Israeli military onslaught on Gaza has ripped a band-aid off an old wound, writes Lebogang Ramafoko.
Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan said Tsepo Monaheng will reposition Denel to expand its manufacturing capacity.
General Maphwanya urges the public not to withhold information and report it to the authorities for further investigations.
OPINION: Similar to the Palestine conflict, the Yemen conflict has resulted in the immense suffering of the civilian population, writes Dr Atilla Kisla.
OPINION: Wednesday’s coup d'état in Gabon is the ninth military takeover to have happened in the past three years in West and Central Africa, after Mali twice, in August 2020 and May 20021; Chad in April 20021; Guinea in September 2021; Sudan in October 2021; Burkina Faso twice, in January and September 2022; and Niger in July 2023, writes Dr Sizo Nkala.
According to Modise, the visit to Russia by army chief Lawrence Mbatha was to strengthen relations with Moscow and it came after similar trips to India and Sweden.
The SANDF says the bilateral meeting was planned ‘well in advance’ and is a long-standing arrangement.
International Quds Day coincides with the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan, and is held in support of the Palestinian nation and their cause.
North Korea fired at least one ballistic missile into the sea on Wednesday as South Korea said it had identified debris from an earlier launch as part of a Soviet-era SA-5 surface-to-air missile.
In the game of influence, security and global power, no other country has been so successful and dominant as the US since the end of World War II. The US presence, mostly military, covers the globe with bases on five continents.
“Very few in modern struggles against colonial capitalist injustice have demonstrated the defiant determination and fearlessness of comrade Winnie. ”
Russia launched the opening of its Vostok-2022 strategic military exercises which includes thousands of Chinese soldiers at the Sergeevsky training ground in Russia's Primorsky Region on Wednesday.
On Monday, US President Joe Biden announced that the CIA killed al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri in Kabul, Afghanistan at the weekend, however, is al-Qaeda still relevant now in 2022?
OPINION: Although progress has been made, the process remains difficult because of the land dispute between Amhara and Tigray, the malign role played by Eritrea, and the intensifying war in Oromia