Tag: Operation Cordite
SA soldiers coming home from Sudan later this month
April 23, 25 and 27 are red letter days for South African soldiers whose deployment in Sudan is over. Those three days...
Op Cordite withdrawal on plan and on schedule
All 800 8 SA Infantry Battalion members deployed to Sudan are currently at the main UNAMID base El-Fasher awaiting airlift home.
The South...
SANDF stretched, but coping with continental deployments
Parliament's Joint Standing Committee on Defence has heard of problems facing South African soldiers deployed continentally as part of peace support missions.
These...
SA soldier killed in Sudan ambush
A South African soldier was killed and another wounded while providing security for a World Food Programme (WFP) humanitarian aid convoy in...
South African soldiers will exit Sudan no later than April 15
This week's announcement that South Africa would be withdrawing its military component from the hybrid AU/UN mission in Sudan has been confirmed...