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Uniindia: New Delhi, Dec 8 (UNI) General Bipin Rawat, who died in an IAF chopper crash at Coonoor in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday, rose the ranks to become the first ever Chief of Defence Staff of the three services, after serving as the 27th Chief of Army Staff for three years.

Most Rwandan detractors may have to propagate a barrage of lies to hoodwink their hosts that indeed they are fighting for democracy, freedom and other rights allegedly lacking back home. President Paul Kagame on Friday took a swipe at the rank and profile of those Rwandans abroad that have endlessly attacked his government.  “Those amongst […]

The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Dan Munyuza, who is in South Sudan on an official visit, on Tuesday, June 8, visited Rwanda Formed Police Unit (FPU) contingents conducting their peacekeeping operations in the Juba, and commended them for the resilience in their ambassadorial duties. Two contingents, FPU-2 and FPU-3 of 160 officers each, are deployed in the Capital Juba under the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), where they perform various peacekeeping duties such as patrols, escort, pro...

defenceWeb Written by defenceWeb - Siphiwe Lucky Sangweni. Siphiwe Lucky Sangweni was born on 27 February 1967 in KwaMashu township, Durban, in the KwaZulu-Natal Province of South Africa. After he completed his secondary schooling at Igugulabasha High School in Ntuzuma, north of Durban, he went to join the underground revolutionary structures of Umkhonto Wesizwe (MK), and subsequently went to exile and underwent military training in Tanzania where he became an all-rounded trained and qualified...

defenceWeb Written by defenceWeb - Ntshavheni Peter Maphaha. Major General Ntshavheni Peter Maphaha was born on 8 August 1967 in Thohoyandou, Venda, in the Limpopo Province of South Africa. After completing his secondary schooling in 1984 at Lwamondo High School in Limpopo, he then enrolled for his tertiary education at the University of Natal (now Nelson Mandela Medical School) where he completed the Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery degree (MBchB) in 1990, which he completed within the prescr...

defenceWeb Written by defenceWeb - General Rudzani Maphwanya. Rudzani Maphwanya was born on 23 November 1960 in the Limpopo Province of South Africa. He completed his secondary schooling at the Mphaphuli High School in Limpopo in 1978 and shortly thereafter joined Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the military wing of the African National Congress. Maphwanya’s MK military career spanned from 1978 to 1994 during which time he had trained at various institutions on the African continent and abroad. Maph...

defenceWeb Written by Kim Helfrich - 456 Apart from somewhat poor communication with its various external audiences, there also appears to be a lack of communication internally at the SA National Defence Force (SANDF). defenceWeb, by virtue of being in the defence and military news business, has regular contact with those tasked to supply information to South Africa in the broadest sense of “the country”. Thus it was the Directorate: Corporate Communication (the “mouthpiece”, if you wa...

defenceWeb Written by defenceWeb - Lockdown duty patrols are now conducted under the Op Ligcolo banner. At the height of South Africa’s COVID-19 induced lockdown, the landward force showed its mettle by deploying no less than 33, mostly infantry, companies in a 72 hour period. This fact was used by SA Army Chief, Lieutenant General Lawrence Mbatha, to illustrate the important role of the SA National Defence Force (SANDF), its services and divisions in operations other than war (OOTW) when he...

Strict COVID-19 precautions and protocols for Junior Staff Command Course 2021 Written by defenceWeb - CArmy Lieutenant General Lawrence Mbatha arrives at Army College. The 2021 Class for the Junior Command and Staff Duties Course started work in earnest today (Monday, 25 January) after Friday’s official course opening by CArmy, Lieutenant General Lawrence Mbatha. In his opening remarks, reported by Army communications officer Lieutenant Colonel CM Baloyi, Mbatha said the officers on course ...

Female Former Air Corps captain wins €117k for Defence Forces discrimination After a seven-year battle, the WRC found that Yvonne ORourke was victim to “an unacceptable systematic failure” in the Defence Forces. Workplace Relations Commission Adjudication Officer, Stephen Bonnlander made the maximum possible compensation after finding Yvonne O’Rourke was discriminated against on gender grounds in her efforts to secure promotion. File photo Tue, 22 Dec, 2020 - 15:05 Gordon Deegan The Wo...