Motlanthe's holiday in the spotlight

Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe's island holiday to the Seychelles came at great cost to taxpayers, but government insists his travelling is above board.

• Govt must probe spending on consultants
• Motlanthe: Consumers spoilt for choice
• Motlanthe: Socialism needs fresh approach

Air force mistakenly pays out bonuses

Around 200 air force officials who were mistakenly given performance bonuses in December will be made to pay them back, according to a report.

• Lieutenant grounded for 'borrowing' plane
• Court stops dismissal of 600 soldiers
• SANDF plans to retrench 3 000 - union

Know cause of plane crash - DA

The DA says it is important to establish why a military aircraft crashed in the Drakensberg near Ladysmith, killing 11 people.

• 11 confirmed dead in military plane crash
• SANDF: Mandela medics not on crashed plane
• Inquiry board to probe plane crash - SANDF

Zuma, Motlanthe rack up R210m in flights

Flying President Jacob Zuma and his deputy Kgalema Motlanthe to their various engagements since the pair assumed office has cost taxpayers more than R210m.

• Questions over Zuma's US charter flight
• Air Force to keep using standby planes for Zuma
• Motlanthe 'not in emergency landing'

Air Force to keep using standby planes for Zuma

The SA Air Force has stuck to its guns on the use of standby planes when President Jacob Zuma travels abroad.

• DA: Sisulu must explain back-up planes
• Sisulu denies aircraft carrier reports
• Air force admits shadow plane was in US

Air force boss back at work

SA Air Force chief Lieutenant General Carlo Gagiano is back at work after Defence and Military Veterans Minister Lindiwe Sisulu rejected his resignation.

• Sisulu faces R98.5m defamation claims
• Sisulu waits for air force chief to recover
• Zuma: SA mercenaries reports rumours

SAAF: Ageing aircraft in use until 2020

South Africa's ageing fleet of C130B Hercules aircraft will be used by the SA Air Force until at least 2020.

• DA questions Sisulu jet decision

Luxury VIP jets for SA elite

Government VIPs will soon be jetting around the country in two new luxury jets complete with sleeping quarters, computer and satellite communication services.

• Sisulu: SAAF needs new planes
• SAAF has just 20 fighter pilots
• Parties fume over 5-star stay

Defence dept identifies dead pilot

The trainee pilot who died after a flight at the Makhado airbase in Limpopo was 24-year old Second Lieutenant Richard Llewelyn Lavis, the department of defence says.

• Fighter pilot trainee dies after flight

Rain ruins reconciliation day parade

Rain has forced the cancellation of the annual Reconciliation Day military parade and South African Air Force fly-by that was to have been held in Thaba Tshwane, Pretoria.

• Report blames apartheid for violence
• SAHRC: 'Scars of apartheid remain'
• Rain leaves Gauteng roads flooded

Emergency exercises in Bloemfontein

Officials have urged Bloemfontein residents to remain calm, as a series of aero-medical evacuation training exercises involving emergency services and the air force take place in the city.

SA pilots go to court

An aircraft and pilots' association intends on taking South Africa's aviation authorities to court over "draconian airspace closures".

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• Cops leave nothing to chance

New missile test-fire soon - Sisulu

A new South African air-to-air missile will be test-fired from a SA Air Force fighter jet within the next two months, the minister of defence and military veterans has announced.

• Air force, navy 'just for show'
• Scopa: Defence dept a time bomb
• SA army needs more cash - Sisulu

UK arms group to 'help' probe

A British weapons company alleged to have paid "commissions" in South Africa's infamous arms deal, will continue trying to resolve an investigation into it.

• BAE confirms Scorpions' raid