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Friendly fire, or pants on fire? SANDF sat its the latter, after the Navy was accused of firing a cannon towards Simon's Town this week.

COVID-19 hasn’t beached the Navy Written by defenceWeb - SA Navy fleet headquarters, Simon's Town. The SA Navy (SAN) maintains the COVID-19 pandemic has had “minimal” impact on naval operations and personnel with the fleet “able to deploy as tasked”. At the same time the maritime service of the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) said, in response to a defenceWeb enquiry, personnel numbers were reduced in infected areas. “Sections not affected continue as normal,” according to a statement which gave no further detail. “No” was the response to questi...

defenceWeb Written by defenceWeb - SA Military Health Service nursing staff. The 2019/20 financial year saw the medical arm of the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) “perform” more than two million “healthcare activities” according to the latest Department of Defence (DoD) annual report. This performance indicator, the report notes, “reflects the total number of captured healthcare activities in geographical health care facilities plus healthcare activities in tertiary/specialist SA Military Health Service (SAMHS) facilities, as well as healthcare activities in intern...

defenceWeb Written by defenceWeb - SAS Outeniqua off Gough Island. Picture courtesy of the SA Naval Museum. The SA Navy (SAN), like its sister service the SA Air Force (SAAF), has a Sword of Peace award for the naval unit which provides the most meritorious aid in the humanitarian field, typically disaster relief or search and rescue operations. SA Naval Museum Commander, Commander Leon Steyn notes “the award is not necessarily presented each year, only in cases that truly merit the award in recognition of a unit’s achievement”. Presented to the maritime service of the SA National Defe...