Legoete says the country’s foreign policy advocates for unity and peace in Africa.
Economic Freedom Fighters MP Natasha Ntlangwini condemned President Cyril Ramaphosa’s authorisation of the deployment; while party leader Julius accused the government of not properly equipping the army.
But the committee’s Chairperson Dakota Legoete says the country’s foreign policy advocates for unity and peace in Africa. “In terms of our foreign policy, we have are for the unity of Africa. But equally why it’s in our interest as a country to get stability in any part of our region is because we are a receiving nation of all people who run away from wars in their country. You would know that in South Africa if everything were to go tit-for-tat in the DRC, almost a million or two million of those people would end up as South Africa’s refugees. And it’s important for us to help the DRC to find peace.
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