MISSING IN ACTION AG finds SANDF can’t keep track of military assets as R823m troop deployment begins 6 min 0 By Victoria O'Regan
Alan Winde SANDF deployment reflects a return to visible force over substantive policing reform 3 min 3 20 March 2026
UNCHECKED VIOLENCE SAPS, SANDF scope gang hotspots as Cape Flats records 23 murders in 11 days 5 min 0 By Vincent Cruywagen
THE INTERVIEW Soldiers don’t take direct orders from cops in SANDF deployment to crime hotspots — Holomisa 9 min 0 By Victoria O'Regan
ANALYSIS How the SANDF’s crime-fighting role could threaten state legitimacy 6 min 1 By Stephen Grootes
BOOTS ON THE GROUND SANDF will work with police to give state ‘monopoly of force’, says army chief 6 min 3 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
BOOTS ON THE GROUND This deployment is different, says Ramaphosa, as SANDF swoops on illegal mining 5 min 1 By Reitumetse Pilane, Suné Payne
THIRD-QUARTER STATS 257 of 276 third-quarter gang-related murders occurred in Western Cape 6 min 0 By Vincent Cruywagen
SANDF DEPLOYMENT SAPS failure to fight crime is shameful, say MPs as army deployment nears 5 min 0 By Suné Payne
SONA DEBATE Joy in Eastern Cape as Ramaphosa extends SANDF deployment 5 min 1 By Suné Payne and Kyran Blaauw
Brett Herron Gangs are a symptom of a disease the army is unqualified to treat 3 min 0 17 February 2026
CYRIL’S ARMY Ramaphosa’s decision to deploy the SANDF is deeply flawed. Here’s why 5 min 3 By John Stupart
SONA 2026 GNU parties welcome Ramaphosa’s water committee but question implementation 7 min 5 By Nonkululeko Njilo, Suné Payne and Victoria O'Regan
SONA 2026 A Sona for (almost) all — Ramaphosa’s masterclass in political crowd-pleasing 7 min 17 By Rebecca Davis
FALL OF GOMA A year later, there’s been no inquiry into the death of 14 SANDF members in DRC 6 min 3 By Peter Fabricius
Tumelo Nkohla Without strategic defence investment, SA’s sovereignty and democratic gains are at risk 4 min 1 30 January 2026
EXPLAINER Who’s who in the SA-Iran naval drill fiasco 7 min 2 By Victoria O'Regan and Peter Fabricius
ALL AT SEA Ramaphosa should fire Motshekga and all top officers involved in Iran fiasco, experts say 5 min 13 By Peter Fabricius
NAVAL-GAZING Motshekga orders inquiry into why Ramaphosa’s orders to withdraw Iranian warships from exercise weren’t obeyed 6 min 5 By Peter Fabricius
WEATHER WOES ‘We Are Trapped’: Floodwaters swallow villages as flooding, heavy rain batter Limpopo 5 min 0 By Lerato Mutsila
