A battered and bruised South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has begun its withdrawal from the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). During a media briefing on Sunday, Defence Minister ...

South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers scheduled to come home are trapped in the DRC. The Goma airport was shut down after a violent confrontation between M23 forces and SANDF ...

Picture: AFP The DA has questioned South Africa’s intervention in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) after reports that the United States government is on course to broker a peace deal ...

The Democratic Alliance rejects, with contempt, the South African National Defence Force's (SANDF) claim that its deployment to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was a success. This is a ...

The attack happened near the airport in Goma in the Eastern DRC where the SANDF has set up a base. READ: Four more SANDF soldiers killed in Goma Last week nine soldiers died in combat with M23 ...

The withdrawal of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) from the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) marks a new chapter in regional peacekeeping efforts, said Defence and ...

Around 3,000 SANDF troops have been stationed in Goma since December 2023 in peacekeeping efforts amid tensions between the DRC armed forces and M23 rebels. The decision to withdraw regional ...

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.

The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has confirmed the deaths of four soldiers in a confrontation with the M23 ...

Defence Minister Angie Motshekga and SANDF chief General Rudzani Maphwanya said the ceasefire in DRC paved the way for South African soldiers to return home. SANDF chief General Rudzani Maphwanya ...

The SANDF struggles to support peacekeeping missions, such as those in the DRC, due to diminishing funds and lack of updates to high-tech forces like the navy and air forces. Retired Brigadier General ...

14 South African soldiers were killed in fighting in the Eastern DRC in January as rebels backed by Rwanda pushed towards Goma. The SADC force they were a part of announced a withdrawal earlier ...