A shortage of qualified flight engineers, pilots and aircraft has meant that the South African Air Force (SAAF) belatedly managed to send only a single Oryx helicopter to help with flood relief ...

She must tell the families of the victims of the Eastern Cape floods why the SANDF only responded to the disaster seven days ...

South Africa does not face any military threats from its neighbours but Deputy Defence and Military Veterans Minister Bantu Holomisa is still worried about the state of readiness of the South African ...

UDM leader Bantu Holomisa says the SANDF is underfunded and underprepared for foreign deployments and disaster response.

Following devastating floods in the Eastern Cape, the South African Defence Force has confirmed that no helicopters were ...

The devastating floods in Mthatha have exposed a critical shortage of Flight Engineers in the SANDF, putting lives at risk during desperate rescue operations.

The approach here, though, is not the mass safari tourism you’ll find in many places elsewhere on this continent. Here it’s ...

Over 90 lives have been lost and thousands displaced, yet the SANDF only managed to deploy a single Oryx helicopter, days too late and wholly inadequate for the scale of the disaster. This is not an ...

From cloud forests to the African savannah, these wild lodges offer unforgettable encounters and nature comes right to your ...

Helicopter rotor blades are no longer made out of wood, rather they're made out of composite materials to maximize their strength to weight ratio.

Private Helicopter on way to Kedarnath crashlands on highway, all safe A Kestrel Avations helicopter, an Agusta AW119, crashed on the Char Dham Yatra route, marking the fourth chopper mishap since ...