The second phase of the withdrawal is under way, says South African National Defence Force chief. Defence Minister Angie Motshekga and SANDF chief General Rudzani Maphwanya have insisted that the ...

South Africa’s 2,900 soldiers serve in the Southern African Development Community Mission in Congo (SAMIDRC) mission, aiding ...

A third group of South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers is expected to arrive back in the country on Monday afternoon, marking another significant phase in South Africa’s withdrawal ...

Their remains were handed over to their loved ones while their praises were sung in a memorial service on Thursday night. JOHANNESBURG - The South African peacekeepers who died in the eastern ...

One of the 14 SANDF soldiers killed in the DRC will be buried next to the Ntwampe Secondary School in Moroke, Burgersfort, tomorrow, February 22. ALSO READ: SANDF soldier from Tubatse killed in battle ...

The first group of injured South African soldiers are on their way home via Kigali, following nearly a month trapped in their bases in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) after ...

The bodies of South African soldiers who died last month as the Rwandan-backed M23 rebel group took Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) were recovered this week and are being ...

Fighting between the Democratic Republic of Congo’s national army and the rebel group M23 has displaced thousands of people in the eastern border city of Goma. Formed 10 years ago, the Rwanda-backed ...