At least 2 500 SANDF troops were deployed in December 2023 as part of the SAMIDRC mission, replacing the UN Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the DRC (Monusco) in eastern parts of the country.

SANDF says withdrawal from DRC has started, but it’s ‘not a sign of weakness’ By Gareth Cotterell Digital Editor 3 minute read 4 May 2025 ...

What you need to know about the DRC conflict Ramaphosa deployed 2900 soldiers to support the DRC as part of a SADC peace-keeping mission in February 2024 In June, months later, two SANDF soldiers ...

Lieutenant General Rudzani Maphwanya provides insights into the SANDF's strategic withdrawal from the DRC as part of the SADC peacekeeping mission, honouring fallen soldiers and ensuring ...

SANDF says troops returning from DRC to undergo demobilisation process The first group of 249 personnel landed at Waterkloof Air Force Base outside Pretoria on Friday, following a six-hour delay.

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SANDF deployed in Krugersdorp, South Africa. There has been widespread anger over the deaths of 13 soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the past few days. File Picture: Timothy Bernard ...

A group of injured South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers have been repatriated from Goma, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and have been admitted into 1 Military Hospital in ...

Three members of the SANDF have been killed in the DRC, raising serious concerns about the lack of communication and support for South African soldiers deployed in the region.

The Chief of the SANDF, General Rudzani Maphwanya, honoured the lives of the 14 soldiers lost recently on UN International Peacekeepers Day. South Africa first provided peacekeepers to the DRC in ...

The SANDF announced on Saturday that nine soldiers had died and an unnamed number were wounded in successfully repelling a full-scale attack on them by Rwandan-backed M23 rebels who have laid ...

READ: SANDF soldiers still trapped in DRC It’s been over a month since SADC leaders decided at an extraordinary summit in Harare, to terminate the peacekeeping mission in the eastern DRC.