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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. Maphwanya was officially integrated into the South African National Defence Force in 1994. To add, he co...

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...

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 addressed the Junior Command and Staff Duties class of 2021 at the Army College last week. “As pa...

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...

Female Former Air Corps captain wins €117k for Defence Forces' discrimination After a seven-year battle, the WRC found that Yvonne O'Rourke 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 Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) has ordered the Minister for Defence to pay €117,814 in compe...