#SANDF
December 30, 2024 at 3:12 PM
Main character of Pastel Sandfish.
Game by @hayd-n.bsky.social!

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February 6, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Critics often portray the SANDF as bloated and inefficient, citing that personnel costs, compensation of employees, consume around 65-70% of the defence budget. However, the SANDF is not overstaffed; it is chronically underfunded.
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Debunking the SANDF overstaffing myth: Underfunding, not excess personnel - DefenceWeb
Critics often portray the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) as bloated and inefficient, citing that personnel costs, compensation of employees,
defenceweb.co.za
March 3, 2026 at 1:15 PM
He's directly responsible for the deaths of a bunch off SANDF troops.
Paul Kagame is genuinely one of the most evil people of the 21st century and a lot of people don't realize it because they don't take Africa seriously
this is a certified Kagame moment www.wsj.com/world/africa...
February 27, 2026 at 4:51 AM
The SANDF still operates a variant of the Centurion!
July 16, 2025 at 7:55 PM
It is well-documented the SANDF has faced significant budget reductions over the past two decades. While the financial challenges confronting the SANDF are widely acknowledged, the full extent of these budget cuts has received comparatively less attention.
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The depth and breadth of the defunding of the SANDF - defenceWeb
It is well-documented that the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has faced significant budget reductions over the past two decades. While the financial challenges confronting the SANDF are ...
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May 16, 2025 at 11:03 AM
The DOD & SANDF should not be pursuing their own independent foreign policy without coordination with DIRCO. Nor should senior SANDF officers (esp. the Chief of the SANDF) be making such serious foreign policy statements or letting his hosts make them. It's risky territory.
Disturbing that the South African military is playing politics, with SANDF pledging "military and political alignment with the Iranians."
This high profile trip to Iran, at a sensitive stage of negotiations with the US, must be approved by the President?

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SANDF chief visits Iran to discuss ‘mutual national interests’   | The Citizen
SANDF chief General Rudzani Maphwanya was in Iran this week touring military training facilities and engaging with officials.
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August 13, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Don't bring the SANDF to a knife fight
April 10, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Thinking of all SANDF soldiers in the DRC.
January 24, 2025 at 2:41 PM
A contemporary reading recommendation for your consideration. "SANDF Needs to be Rebuilt in a World Where Hard Power Matters Most," by Darren Olivier @darren.africandefence.net, published in 2025. You can listen to the author talk here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=da3k....
May 24, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Confirmation from the South African National Defence Force that nine South African soldiers have been killed in intense fighting against M23 over the past few days, and claiming that the group’s advance toward Goma has been halted.
January 25, 2025 at 5:34 PM
SANDF confirms reduction of its forces in DRC as part of MONUSCO downsizing defenceweb.co.za/sa-defence-s...
SANDF confirms reduction of its forces in DRC as part of MONUSCO downsizing - DefenceWeb
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has confirmed the return of some of its elements deployed to the United Nations (UN) mission in the
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December 12, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Twelve SANDF members have been arrested for the 2023 murder of Hawks member Lieutenant Colonel Ngwako Frans Mathipa. At the time, he was investigating them for kidnapping and murder.
MILITARY IN THE DOCK: Twelve SANDF members arrested for killing Hawks’ Frans Mathipa as he closed in on kidnapping, murder
www.dailymaverick.co.za
June 23, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Cyril Ramaphosa orders SANDF to tackle South Africa gang violence in his Sona
Cyril Ramaphosa orders SANDF to tackle South Africa gang violence in his Sona
President Cyril Ramaphosa says the army will work with the police to fight organised crime and illegal mining.
www.bbc.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:35 AM
After the most recent clash between SANDF and Rwandan backed paramilitaries in the Congo, sentiment in South Africa was that they should put a Squadron of Gripens over Kigali.
Rwanda is the African Prussia and I mean that in the most derogatory way possible
February 27, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Confirmation of the reason for the video of SANDF troops raising a white flag. No surrender. As I understand, the talks failed.
January 28, 2025 at 9:11 AM
I was reminded of something I saw (admittedly second hand) from Twitter when Kagame stans were confused as to why black Saffies wanted to bomb Rwanda* and not expel the local white population.

*after Rwandan backed paramilitaries killed SANDF troops.
Two Restore Britain supporters, both in Rupert Lowe’s orbit, discussing on X about what to do with those who are mixed-race. Conversations that once had to be held secretly now held with little to no pushback. So much for the marketplace of ideas.
April 20, 2026 at 6:01 PM
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) is in critical decline due to chronic underfunding and outdated technology, and requires urgent renewal.
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Renewal of the SANDF essential for national security amid critical decline – Legoete - defenceWeb
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) is in critical decline due to chronic underfunding and outdated technology, and requires urgent renewal. This is according to Molefi ‘Dakota’ Legoete, ...
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April 15, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Rather than continually asking how the SANDF can obtain more funding, perhaps it is time to ask a different question. How can the SANDF manage scarcity more effectively?
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The defunding of the SANDF – managing scarcity differently - DefenceWeb
For more than two decades, discussions about the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) have centred on one overriding issue – funding. Defence
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July 1, 2026 at 11:56 AM
They got into a fight with the SANDF recently.
June 12, 2026 at 4:09 PM
The Pretoria High Court has ordered the Department of Defence to reinstate technical allowances to artisans in the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) after 900 soldiers were deprived of these allowances following a policy change.
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SANDU wins back technical allowances in victory against the SANDF - defenceWeb
The Pretoria High Court has ordered the Department of Defence to reinstate technical allowances to artisans in the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) after 900 soldiers were deprived of thes...
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December 3, 2024 at 11:05 AM
oh my lord god this is so fkn hot sandf jandsf
January 26, 2026 at 8:22 AM
To standing in the long snaking lines with everyone from 1994's election to every election since then, to serving in the SANDF, to how South Africans actualy interact daily. I choose to identify South African as forgivesness, moving forward and being positive. Not Musk's bullshit.
September 27, 2026 at 12:19 PM
1100 more soldiers deployed in the battle against illegal mining

www.thesouthafrican.com/news/1100-mo...
1100 more soldiers deployed in the battle against illegal mining
Ramaphosa has authorised the deployment of an additional 1100 soldiers from the SANDF to aid police in the fight against illegal mining.
www.thesouthafrican.com
November 16, 2024 at 12:50 PM
Death toll of SANDF soldiers killed in DRC increases
Death toll of SANDF soldiers killed by M23 in DRC increases
At the weekend, nine SANDF members were killed in a fierce clash with the M23 rebels group in Goma, eastern DRC.
www.thesouthafrican.com
January 28, 2025 at 10:56 AM