The African oil and especially gas sector received a spirited defence from African Energy Chamber chairperson NJ Ayuk on Tuesday. He was giving the opening address at Africa Energy Week 2022, in... 

The case against 11 high-profile private sector and former state executives implicated in a R398.4 million Transnet fraud and corruption case - including among them the state parastatal's former... 

By Simeon Tassev, MD & QSA at Galix Networking The Protection of Personal Information Act (PoPIA) applies to all businesses in South Africa. However, while it is universally applicable, it is also... 

I’m aware that our political overlords in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region, as is the case with their counterparts elsewhere, have at their disposal experts providing advice... 

Special forces from the South African Police Service and South African Defence Force (SANDF) move towards a H125 helicopter during an antiaircraft-hijacking demonstration at the Waterkloof Air... 

By Kate Mollett, Regional Director at Commvault Africa Ransomware is one of the biggest threats and challenges facing organisations today. A simple online search will reveal hundreds of... 

Military and defence technology company Saab has received a three-year support contract from the South African Air Force (SAAF) to ensure the latter’s Gripen fighter jets remain airworthy and... 

By Aamir Lakhani, Global Security strategist and researcher at Fortinet Cyber adversaries maximise every opportunity they can get. They prey on vulnerabilities, security gaps, but also human... 

The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) has reported that its Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft had successfully impacted its target, the asteroid moonlet... 

Integrated technology company Rheinmetall launched its newly designed and pilot-phase mobile green hydrogen production and storage platform at the Africa Aerospace and Defence Expo on September... 

Paramount Land Systems, a subsidiary of aerospace and technology company Paramount Group, has revealed that it has received two orders totalling 50 units of its Maatla 4x4 light protected vehicle... 

Armoured products specialist manufacturer SVI Engineering launched a newly designed concept version of its MAX 3-series of vehicles – the three axle, six-wheeled armoured Toyota Land Cruiser MAX 3... 

cash-strapped state defence firm Denel will need around R3-billion to cover a funding gap for a restructuring plan it is aiming to execute over the next 12 to 18 months, company executives told... 

  The success of the recent Ukrainian counteroffensive, the routing of Russian forces occupying Ukraine and the recapture of key eastern cities and surrounds of Kharkov and Izyum may prove to be a... 

UK-based global propulsion and power systems group Rolls-Royce highlighted, on Thursday, its attendance, for the first time, at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC). IAC 2022 was being... 

Pretoria-based aerospace and defence equipment manufacturer Paramount Aerospace Industries is set to deliver its first Mwari multi-role aircraft to an overseas air force on September 23, while... 

The US Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded dual-listed Perpetua Resources two funding grants to study the domestic production of military-grade antimony trisulphide – an essential component in... 

Parliament’s Joint Standing Committee on Defence has called for the Department of Defence (DoD) to revive and capacitate the Defence Works Formation, and to treat this as a matter of urgency. The... 

Major US group Boeing’s Defence, Space and Security (BDS) business unit has opened its new Advanced Composite Fabrication Centre (ACFC). This is the first of what is intended to be a series of... 

The federal government on Friday approved nearly A$50-million in grants to accelerate the development of the critical minerals industry in the country, as part of efforts to reach net zero.... 

A supplier development project conducted by local body the Aerospace Industry Support Initiative (AISI) has increased the global competitiveness of advanced radio- frequency and microwave... 

Phophi Ramathuba may not have been a household name beyond Limpopo province, where she is the MEC for Health, until last month, but this is not the case anymore, after a video clip in which she is... 

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and drones will, for the first time, be flown at the upcoming 2022 biennial Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) Expo, while the attendance of private-sector oil and... 

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and drones will, for the first time, be flown at the upcoming 2022 biennial Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) Expo, while the attendance of private-sector oil and... 

Professional services firm KPMG's ‘Africa Cyber Security Outlook 2022’ survey found that 74% of Africa’s large companies reported a relatively mature approach to privacy and cybersecurity, but 75%... 

South African State-owned defence industrial group Denel would use the Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) Exhibition 2022 to, in effect, relaunch itself, the company indicated in a statement on... 

With “definite signs” of activity picking up, particularly within the mining and green energy spaces, Magni SA CEO Lindsay Shankland says the company’s main focus will remain on offering “the... 

A Proudly South African green hydrogen mobile solution, which is scheduled to be launched at the African Aerospace and Defence Exhibition (AAD) next month, ticks all the local boxes by making use... 

Major US aerospace and defence group Northrop Grumman has reported that it has made a significant advance in the additive manufacturing (AM, also called 3D printing) production of carbon/carbon... 

South African youth named unemployment and government corruption as their biggest concerns, according to a survey. The worries of the 18 to 24-year-olds interviewed in Africa’s most industrialised... 

Aircraft charter and aviation services company ExecuJet South Africa, part of the Luxembourg-based Luxaviation group, announced on Tuesday that it had received the latest addition to its charter... 

Nasdaq- and Toronto-listed Perpetua Resources is expecting the supplemental draft environmental impact statement (SDEIS) for its Stibnite project, in Idaho, to be open for public review in the... 

State-owned defence group Denel has appointed Michael Kgobe, current divisional CE of Denel Aeronautics, as interim group CEO, effective September 1. This is subsequent to William Hlakoane’s... 

The amended Employment Equity (EE) Act, which empowers the Employment and Labour Minister to regulate sector-specific EE targets and to regulate compliance criteria to issue EE Compliance... 

US President Joe Biden has approved the proposed agreement with South Africa to extend the two countries’ agreement on cooperation regarding the peaceful uses of nuclear energy. This approval took... 

State-owned defence company Denel has announced it will institutionalise and implement a new turnaround plan to effect a self-sustaining business. The plan is particularly focused on streamlining... 

Aerospace and defence technology company Paramount Group has updated its Marauder armoured personnel carrier (APC) by introducing a universal hull, interchangeable dashboard modules and steering... 

Giant US aerospace and defence group Lockheed Martin has reported that it has delivered a tactical laser weapon to the US Navy, for installation on one of the latter’s destroyers. The laser,... 

Exploit trends demonstrate the endpoint remains a target as work-from-anywhere continues Derek Manky, Chief Security Strategist & VP Global Threat Intelligence, FortiGuard Labs 

South African defence company Saab Grintek Defence (Saab Grintek), a subsidiary of Sweden’s Saab group, has partnered with the Sisekelo Institute of Business and Technology (Sisekelo) to implement... 

According to South Africa’s Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS), the unemployment rate for the first quarter of 2022 was 63,9% for 15-24-year-olds and 42,1% for 25-34-year-olds. In addition, the... 

UK-based global major aerospace and defence group BAE Systems on Monday handed over the first of the Typhoon multirole fighters ordered by the Middle Eastern country of Qatar. The Qatar Emiri Air...