It’s not yet clear when their remains will be repatriated from the DRC. The SANDF said the soldiers were part of the SANDF contingent deployed to the region as part of both the Southern African ...

“MY MA, ek is lief vir jou” was the last message SANDF soldier, Staff Sergeant William Eddy Cola, sent his mom before he was killed in combat with M23 rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of ...

While expressing sadness at the deaths of nine South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers in a battle in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Parliament’s Joint ...

SANDU has noted with grave concern the incident in which 11 SANDF recruits were subjected to physical assault at the hands of instructors at the Oudtshoorn base last week. SANDU condemns the unlawful ...

One of the 13 SANDF soldiers who were killed in the DRC hails from Tubatse. Moffat Molapo (53) died sometime during a two-day battle against M23 rebels near the city of Goma. Molapo was from ...

Yesterday evening, the Speaker of the National Assembly, Thoko Didiza, granted the Democratic Alliance’s (DA) request for a Debate of National Importance on the unfolding crisis involving the South ...

Deputy President Paul Mashatile has joined President Cyril Ramaphosa in expressing his deepest condolences to the families of South African National Defence Force (SANDF) members who recently lost ...

As the government battles to deal with the fallout from the killing of SANDF soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo by the M23 rebels, a retired army general has warned that the incident ...

The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has denied claims that its soldiers deployed to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have surrendered to the M23 rebels. This follows a video ...

The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has dismissed claims circulating on social media that its forces surrendered to M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The SANDF ...

Last week, SANDF members were killed during combat and several others were injured. They were stationed in the DRC as part of Southern African Development Community and the UN peacekeeping deployments ...

This, in the middle of an existential military crisis facing members of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) deployed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The Chairperson of the ...