SANDF opens 2025 MSDS applications - defenceWeb
Feb 12, 2024 · 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 […]
SAMIDRC extended to December 2025 - defenceWeb
Nov 22, 2024 · The Southern African Development Community (SADC) mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been extended by a year. The extension decision was taken on Thursday 21 November at an extraordinary SADC Heads of State summit in the Zimbabwean capital, Harare. The mission is staffed by Malawian, …
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SANDF’s 2024 MSD applications open until February
Jan 16, 2023 · 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. […]
Feature: Have you applied to join the SANDF? Here are a
Feb 28, 2023 · Since its publication in late June 2021 on defenceWeb, more than 34 000 people have viewed the guidelines for joining the SANDF through the Military Skills Development System.If this number is anything to go by, the number of South Africans interested in or who have applied to join the SANDF may be close to half …
Denel upgrading Umkhonto missile - defenceWeb
Jan 3, 2025 · Denel is upgrading its Umkhonto surface-to-air missile (SAM) from the current Infra-Red (IR) Block II version to a more powerful weapon with better intercept capabilities. This will be good news for Denel’s customers, including the South African Navy (SAN), the Finnish Navy and the Algerian Navy, all of whom currently use the Umkhonto. Also, the […]
Rwandan-backed M23 rebel group seeks local power in DRC, not …
Oct 28, 2024 · The violence wrought by the Rwandan-backed rebel group M23 Movement is often narrowly framed as intended to control eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s resource-rich mining sites. The rebel group launched its most recent offensive in 2021 and currently controls vast territories in the south-east of North Kivu province, surrounding and …
Milkor 380 UAV ushers in a new era for South African aerospace …
Sep 18, 2024 · South African defence and security solutions provider Milkor is making significant strides with its Milkor 380 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) – the largest such aircraft to be designed and built in Africa. The company has come a long way since its establishment in 1981, when it made a name for itself as the manufacturer of […]
Guidelines for joining the SANDF through the Military Skills ...
Jun 25, 2021 · 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 […]