President Cyril Ramaphosa says the army will not be permanently deployed to fight crime due to costs.

Soldiers deployed in Eldorado Park and Riverlea as SANDF crackdown on crime and illegal mining begins in Gauteng ...

Residents in the Joburg communities where the SANDF was finally deployed on Wednesday welcomed the move, but said more must be done to fight ...

Soldiers raided multiple suspected illegal mining sites in Gauteng on Wednesday as the President said they’re ‘already doing a fantastic job’.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has confirmed the deployment of 550 soldiers to fight illegal mining in Gauteng. The deployment is ...

The deployment of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) to support police attempting to curb specifically gang violence and illegal mining will ...

Government is working to close funding gaps and strengthen the readiness of the country’s armed forces to assist the South Africa National Police Service (Saps) in fighting organised crime, according ...

Acting Minister of Police Firoz Cachalia reveals that the SANDF deployment is part of a broader strategy to combat crime, stressing that it is not a 'magic bullet.' ...

National police commissioner Fannie Masemola said the army would play a supporting role to the South African Police Service ...

When the SANDF was formed in 1994 it marked a decisive break from the use of the defence force to perpetuate apartheid oppression,'said Ramaphosa in his weekly newsletter.

Parliament has heard that the SANDF deployment to fight gangsterism and illegal mining will last one year, but MPs lamented ...

The North West provincial government will deploy the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) to support the South ...