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Department of Defence
List 10 other official names: ; Departement van Verdediging (Afrikaans) ; umNyango wezokuVikela (Southern Ndebele) ; iSebe lezoKhuseleko (Xhosa) ; uMnyango Wezokuvikela (Zulu) ; Litiko Letekuvikela (Swazi) ; Kgoro ya Tšhireletšo (Northern Sotho) ; Lefapha la Tshireletso (Sotho) ; Lefapha la Tshireletso (Tswana) ; Ndzawulo ya Vusirheleri (Tsonga) ; Muhasho wa Vhupileli (Venda) ;
Department overview
Formed	1912
Type	Department
Jurisdiction	Government of South Africa
Headquarters	Armscor Building, Erasmuskloof, Pretoria; 25°48′47″S 28°15′36″E / 25.813°S 28.260°E
Employees	79 045
Annual budget	R50 000+ million
Minister responsible	Angie Motshekga, ; Minister of Defence and Military Veterans;
Deputy Minister responsible	Thabang Makwetla, ; Deputy Minister of Defence and Military Veterans;
Department executive	Gladys Sonto Kudjoe, Secretary for Defence;
Child agencies	Defence Force Service Commission; Armscor; Castle Control Board;
Key document	Defence Act, 2002;
Website	www.dod.mil.za

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.

As of June 2024^[update] the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans is Angie Motshekga.^[1]

2023 Alleged Hack

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. ^[3]

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.^[4]