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President Cyril Ramaphosa to attend a joint summit in Tanzania on the crisis in the DRC

President Cyril Ramaphosa is scheduled to visit Dar es Salaam in Tanzania on Saturday for a summit of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) and the East African Community (EAC). The summit will focus on addressing the security crisis in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). This visit follows recent extraordinary summits that called for coordinated efforts, including ceasefire agreements and humanitarian aid. Spokesperson Vincent Magwenya […]

today5 February 2025

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Criticism mounts over SANDF losses in DRC deployment

The deaths of nine South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers in clashes with M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have drawn sharp criticism of South Africa’s military involvement in the region. Several organisations are questioning the government’s decision to deploy troops, urging a reassessment of the country’s broader military engagements on the continent. Defence consultant and analyst Helmoed Heitman weighed in on the situation, addressing whether […]

today27 January 2025

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International

The scramble for the Global South: Foreign domination or self-sufficiency?

The year 2023 has, so far, proven to be an eventful year for the “Global South”, the loose collective of nations with developing, less developed or under-developed economies, which has served more as an abstract idea than a unitary reality until now. When the military coup in Niger took place in July, overthrowing the democratically elected government and installing a military junta, it may have seemed like an unsurprising occurrence […]

today29 August 2023

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Local

Pilot under fire flies plane to safety but colleague dies: Military on DRC attack

A South African National Defence Force soldier was fatally shot and another wounded after an Oryx helicopter came under fire in Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The injured pilot managed to continue flying the chopper and landed safely at Goma Airport after Sunday's shooting, the army said. Family members of the soldiers are being contacted, with further details to come at a later stage. The South African troops […]

today6 February 2023

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