| Agency Name: | Department of Defence |
| Type: | department |
| Formed: | 1912 |
| Jurisdiction: | Government of South Africa |
| Headquarters: | Armscor Building, Erasmuskloof, Pretoria |
| Coordinates: | -25.813°N 28.26°W |
| Employees: | 79 045 |
| Budget: | R50 000+ million |
| Minister1 Name: | Angie Motshekga |
| Minister1 Pfo: | Minister of Defence and Military Veterans |
| Deputyminister1 Name: | Thabang Makwetla |
| Deputyminister1 Pfo: | Deputy Minister of Defence and Military Veterans |
| Chief1 Name: | Gladys Sonto Kudjoe |
| Chief1 Position: | Secretary for Defence |
| Agency Type: | Department |
| Child1 Agency: | Defence Force Service Commission |
| Child2 Agency: | Armscor |
| Child3 Agency: | Castle Control Board |
| Keydocument1: | Defence Act, 2002 |
The Department of Defence is a department of the South African government. It oversees the South African National Defence Force, the armed forces responsible for defending South Africa.
the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans is Angie Motshekga.[1]
In August 2023, a Russian Hacker Group named “Snatch” claimed to steal 200TB of classified information, contracts and personal identity information. They allegedly posted a 1.6TB Compressed Archive on the dark web.[2] [3] The Department of Defense claimed that it was “fake news” and no data leak occurred.[4]
Snatch claimed it specifically chose the week of the 15th BRICS summit to release the data since the spotlight was on South Africa.
South Africa has recently been involved in other controversies, notably being accused of providing and selling arms to Russia, performing military exercises with Russia and not taking a stance on the Russian Invasion of Ukraine.
The Macro-Structure of the Department of Defence as Approved by the Minister of Defence on 15 August 2008 is below:[5]