South Africa often uses its diplomatic heft to position itself as defender of the "global south" on the world stage, but the ...

The airport was previously known as Fisantekraal Airfield and was constructed as an operational base for the South African Air Force ... 3,500m from its current 900m. There are also plans to ...

Hundreds, if not thousands, of miners have been trapped underground at a disused mine in South Africa for weeks as a police operation ... rescue efforts would have taken three months at the current ...

In an apparent attempt at damage control, the South African Air Force announced the postponement of its Prestige Evening and Air Force Parade, initially scheduled for January 30 and 31, citing the ...

The deaths of 14 South African soldiers on peacekeeping duty three thousand ... In a letter to speaker of parliament Thoko Didiza, the DA requested that the fly-over by the SA Air Force be cancelled, ...

The DA congratulates Major General Lancelot Mathebula on his appointment as Deputy Chief of the South African Air Force (SAAF), effective 1 January ... the SAAF lacks a proper medium airlift ...

These priorities are in line with the directorate’s strategic and operational plans, and the findings outlined in the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) evaluation report of South Africa ... The ...

Flags are flying half-mast in South Africa as bodies of deceased soldiers are being repatriated, but questions about the ...

Surpassed only by Egypt with 20,000 air force personnel, Nigeria is second in Africa on this score, ahead of Algeria (14,000), Morocco (13,000), South Africa (8,900), Angola (6,000), Sudan (3,000 ...

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday aimed at freezing assistance to South Africa over a controversial law that allows the government to seize farmland from ethnic minorities ...

WASHINGTON, Feb 8 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump signed an executive order to cut U.S. financial assistance to South Africa ... and national affairs in his current role.