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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 want of the SANDF) was asked for information on military exercises planned for the year. After a secon...

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 – the most senior in the landward force – should at all times use the opportunity given them wis...

Major General Dube: the soldier at the pandemic frontline By By Kevin Ritchie Major General Patrick Njabulo Dube knows all about pandemics. During his last tour of duty in Kivu, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), he would tell visitors that his mandate as the UN’s Force Intervention Brigade (FIB) commander had three legs: security, political and pandemic. At first it was Ebola, but by the time he finished his extended tour as FIB commander, Ebola – the feared haemorrhagic fever - had been eradicated from the DRC, only to be replaced by Covid 19. “Thank God, we never lost a ...