Lower North Battery is a functional naval firing range authorized by Government Gazette. The lower North Battery (then called Zoutman Battery) was designed by Thibault in 1793 and is the oldest fortification in South Africa that is still armed!

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The SA Navy will host the Multinational Maritime Exercise. This Exercise is the first of its kind between China, Russia and South Africa and is scheduled to take place off the southern coast of South Africa over the period 25 – 30 November 2019. The exercise is primarily focused on maritime economic security, interoperability and maintaining the good relations between the participating navies...

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  SAS SIMONSBERG Annual Summer Parade

SAS SIMONSBERG held their annual summer parade on 1 November 2019. The Officer Commanding, Captain (SAN) Judy Rustin-Patrick took time to reflect on activities that happened throughout the year and to wish members a happy festive season ahead...

  Indian Higher Defence Management Course Study tour to SA Naval Base Simon’s Town

The Indian Higher Defence Management Course study tour group, led by Brigadier General Ratan Kumar, visited the Fleet Headquarters for a courtesy call on 25 October...

  Deputy Minister of Defence and Military Veterans Visits Naval Base Durban

Deputy Minister of Defence and Military Veterans, Mr Thabang Makwetla, visited Naval Base Durban (NBD) on Friday 11 October 2019...

  Chief of the South African National Defence Force Medal Parade

Over sixty Defence Force members from all Arms of Service were awarded medals for distinguished conduct and long and loyal service...

  Chief of the South African Navy Gala Concert

The South African Navy Gala is an event that is hosted annually by the Chief of the South African Navy, Vice Admiral M.S. Hlongwane...

  SA Navy Chef of the Year (COTY) 2019

Nine (9) contestants that entered were given a list of ingredients and were subjected to a daunting task of compiling a three course menu overnight...

  Exercise MOSI

A first of its kind On 26 September 2019, Flag Officer Fleet, Rear Admiral Bubele Mhlana, welcomed delegates for the first ever naval exercise between the South African Navy (SAN), RFN and PLAN...

  The Military Attaché and Advisory Corps visits the South African Navy in Simon’s Town

The Military Attaché and Advisory Corps (MAAC) visited the Fleet Command on 25 September 2019. The visit was aimed at enhancing relations with the South African Navy...

  Visit by the Sri Lanka Defence Service Command and Staff College (DSCSC) to SA Navy

The Sri Lanka Defence Service Command and Staff College (DSCSC) led by Air Commodore Camillus Bertram Labrooy WWV RSP USP MMS (ind) ndc hdmc (HOD) along with his delegation which consisted of 16 senior officers visited the fleet on 11 September 2019...

  Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans visit Fleet Command

The Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans (PCD&MV) is currently busy with oversight visits from 20 August to 20 September of the Department of Defence (DOD) and South African National Defence Force (SANDF). The committee visited the Fleet which included SAS AMATOLA, SAS QUEEN MODJADJI 1 and Maritime Warfare Training Centre (MWTC) on 10 September 2019...

  Chinese Central Military Commission visits Simon's Town

The Deputy of Chief of Department Joint of the Chinese Central Military Commission, Lieutenant General Shao Yuanming and his delegation visited Naval Base Simon’s Town...

  CPO Malgas Retires with a Bang!

For the last 22 years, Chief Petty Officer Dudley Malgas has been the man responsible for firing Cape Town's iconic Noon Day Gun. After doing this 6 500 times, he has finally fired his last shot...