Ramaphosa deployed at least 2 900 SANDF soldiers earlier this month to provide support in combating illicit armed factions in eastern DRC.
The South African National Defence Force has dismissed reports alleging two soldiers had surrendered to the M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo and have been held hostage.“This past week the crisis around the SANDF deployment in the eastern DRC escalated dramatically. The SANDF took more casualties when attacking M23 formations.
“The SANDF views such attempts to discredit the defence force in the most serious light by faceless people, and will not standby and allow its good name to be tarnished.“The SANDF as the authority for the deployed members shall at all times inform the South African public about the situation and safety of its members in the DRC.”Meanwhile, ActionSA has called on President Cyril Ramaphosa and Defence Minister Thandi Modise to inform South Africans about plans to keep the country’s soldiers safe.
“We are trying to secure the peace in the DRC. It’s quite complex. It’s not an easy situation and the conflict has been going on for quite a while. We already had a situation which led to the shooting of our helicopter and yesterday, we also had two fatalities,” said Ramaphosa.
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