SANDF opens 2025 MSDS applications - defenceWeb
2024年2月12日 · The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has opened its Military Skills Development System (MSDS) applications for 2025, allowing young and deserving South Africans the chance to join the military. The closing date for applications is 15 March 2024, with successful candidates to report for duty at the beginning of 2025. The MSD System takes […]
2024 MSD intake reports for two years duty - defenceWeb
2024, specifically January, saw the first biennial military skills development (MSD) intake into the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) – with annual intakes sacrificed on the altar of cost-cutting. The small number – 2 634 – who made it through the recruitment process are 637 more than were accepted for the 2022 MSD intake, representing […]
AAD 2024 is Denel public debut as Department of Defence entity
2024年9月17日 · Its third foray of the year into the defence exhibition arena will see Denel with a high profile presence on home ground for the Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) 2024 exhibition, starting tomorrow (Wednesday, 18 September) at Air Force Base (AFB) Waterkloof. In February, the State-owned defence and technology conglomerate was in Saudi Arabia for […]
Guidelines for joining the SANDF through the Military Skills ...
2021年6月25日 · The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has opened applications for its 2022 Military Skills Development System (MSDS), giving young South Africans the chance to serve in the SANDF for a two-year period. Advertisements were published for the MSDS Intake 2022 in mid-June 2021. The closing date for applications is 30 July, with successful applicants […]
SANDF’s 2024 MSD applications open until February
2023年1月16日 · Due to budget cuts, the Military Skills Development (MSD) intake into the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) is only taking place every two years, with applications for 2024 now open. The last MSD intake was in January last year and the next is in January 2024, with applications closing at the end of February. […]
SA Navy struggles to counter maritime threats amid severe …
2024年10月7日 · The South African Navy (SA Navy) is in crisis due to years of underfunding, a situation Vice Admiral Monde Lobese, Chief of the Navy, highlighted in a recent briefing ahead of the Navy Festival. Despite these challenges, the Navy remains committed to protecting South Africa’s maritime interests, but the Admiral’s frank assessment laid bare the […]
SANDF promotions lists for 2024/2025 - defenceWeb
2024年10月17日 · The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has released its promotions and appointments lists for the 2024/25 period. Appointments and/or promotions of Major Generals/Rear Admirals for the financial year 2024/25: Appointments and/or promotions of Brigadier Generals/Rear Admirals (Junior Grade) for the financial year 2024/25: Appointments and/or promotions of Colonels/Captains (SA Navy ...
Wagner Group is now Africa Corps - what this means for Russia’s ...
2024年2月15日 · In August 2023, Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin died after his private jet crashed about an hour after taking off in Moscow. He had been Russia’s pointman in Africa since the Wagner Group began operating on the continent in 2017. The group is known for deploying paramilitary forces, running disinformation campaigns and propping up influential […]
BMA recruiting border guards - defenceWeb
2022年3月17日 · The fledgling Border Management Authority (BMA), signed into law in July 2020 is, according to a February DHA (Department of Home Affairs) human resource circular, looking for 200 people to patrol borders and inspect at ports of entry. Business Insider reports the BMA needs money – around R8 billion – and a battalion of competent […]
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