Armed Forces Day

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa used Armed Forces Day celebrations in Limpopo to acknowledge the nation's unresolved struggle with historical injustices stretching back more than a century, linking military commemoration to broader questions of national reconciliation.

South Africa's Armed Forces Day in Thohoyandou marked 109 years since the SS Mendi disaster while military leadership asserted unprecedented public trust, despite expert skepticism about troop morale.