Tag: SAMIDRC
Phased MONUSCO exit will not affect ongoing peace efforts – Keita
Addressing the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), the world body’s senior representative in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) confirmed its mission is leaving,...
SAMIDRC training team working for improved inter-operability
A Southern African Development Community (SADC) Mission Training Team (MTT) is ensuring inter-operability of forces deployed in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
The...
UN peacekeeping chief to meet SAMIDRC on assistance measures
The number of death sentences handed down by “military justice” in the Kinshasa-Gombe High Court in Democratic Republic of Congo has grown by five...
Dialogue is central to peace in DR Congo, Lamola tells parliamentarian
Elaborating on the two-week August ceasefire between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and its eastern neighbour Rwanda, South African International Relations and Co-operation...
Mobilisation Olympics a SAMHS force preparation tool
Ahead of deployment to the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), SA Army soldiers and support personnel underwent an intensive psycho-social mental and physical...
SADC holds summit on regional peacekeeping missions
The recently ended Southern African Development Community (SADC) mission in Mozambique (SAMIM) and its current mission in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)...
Priorities for Angie Motshekga and the new Ministry of Defence leadership...
South Africa’s new Ministry of Defence leadership is taking over at a difficult time and will need to make some critical decisions while bringing...
Questions again raised about SAMIDRC with DR Congo on Luanda presidential...
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is in Angola today (Thursday, 8 August) with the “situation” in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on the agenda...
UN DR Congo mission authorised to assist SAMIDRC
A United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution adopted this week makes available UN peacekeeping resources in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) - under...
SANDF confirms latest casualty in the DRC
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has confirmed that a soldier was shot and killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) last...
SANDF soldier apparently shot dead in the DRC
Yet another South African National Defence Force (SANDF) fatality has been reported in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), with the latest incident apparently...
SANDF peace missions get additional funding
National Treasury has allocated over R2 billion in funding from the National Revenue Fund to defray the costs of the South African National Defence...
Peacekeeper deaths in DRC lead some to say SADC is outmanned...
A deadly attack by M23 rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) that killed two South African Soldiers is raising questions...
Military muscle rather than mediation prevails in DRC
A burgeoning coalition of diverse military forces has been unable to prevent the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) from taking a beating in...
South African DR Congo deployment criticised – again
In the wake of nine deaths of South African military personnel detached to two separate peacekeeping missions in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),...
Eastern DR Congo “a rapidly escalating crisis” – MONUSCO Head
The senior United Nations (UN) representative in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) warned the Security Council (SC) the “rapidly escalating crisis” in the...
SA President humbled by soldiers’ ultimate sacrifice for peace in DR...
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is “deeply saddened’ by the deaths of two soldiers and injuries to 20 more during a mortar attack on...
Don’t blame the defence minister for SA deaths in DR Congo...
The deaths this week of another two South African soldiers in the ranks of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) peacekeeping mission to the...
Two SANDF soldiers killed in latest DRC attack and 20 injured
M23 rebels on Tuesday attacked the town of Sake in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), resulting in the deaths of two South African...
SANDF soldiers deployed in the DRC targeted by insurance scammers
While South African soldiers are fighting in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), some are apparently unknowingly paying premiums for insurance policies that...
Modise receives remains of latest soldier killed in the DRC
Defence and Military Veterans Minister Thandi Modise on Monday officially received the mortal remains of a specialist military medic who lost his life during...
7 Med Brigade ops medic named as latest SANDF fatality in...
The Department of Defence (DoD) by way of its head of communication yesterday (Thursday, 6 June) told South Africa the country lost a specialist...
SANDF’s DRC deployment an unfair imposition on the military – expert
The deaths of four South African soldiers at the hands of M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) this year have raised...
M23 rebels claim to have damaged another SANDF vehicle in the...
Shortly after killing one South African soldier and injuring over a dozen on Thursday, M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) claim...
SANDF casualties in latest battle against M23 rebels in the DRC
South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers serving with the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (SAMIDRC) have...
SAMIDRC Force Commander calls on deployed troops
The South African two-star general commanding the Southern African Development Community (SADC) force in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) uses operational visits to...
SAMIDRC to launch ops in the wake of IDP camp attack
Last week’s attack on an internally displaced persons (IDP) camp in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will not go unanswered by the...
DR Congo remains volatile – UN
With the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) mission now in its fourth month of deployment, the United Nations (UN)...
“No turning back” for SADC DRC mission – Heitman
Respected South African defence analyst Helmoed Heitman maintains that early setbacks aside for the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Mission in Democratic Republic of...
More money for goods and services than salaries in Op Thiba...
South Africa’s much criticised deployment to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as part of a regional mission and force has at least one...
SAMIDRC rejects mis- and disinformation on eastern DR Congo mission
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (SAMIDRC) added its voice to those of South Africa’s Departments of...
Eastern DRC home to humanitarian disaster
The “volatile” eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) where a Southern African regional mission and force has been deploying since December is the scene...
Opposition parties lambast SANDF deployment to the DRC
South Africa’s political opposition has come out swinging against the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) deployment with the SADC Mission in the Democratic...
SADC updated on its DR Congo and Mozambique missions
With one regional bloc peace mission winding up ahead of a July closure and another in the operationalisation process, a weekend Southern African Development...
SADC peace missions in the spotlight
Come Saturday, the eyes and ears of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) will be focussed on and tuned in to the Zambian capital,...
Continental body backs SADC mission in DR Congo, including ‘requisite support’
The African Union (AU) by way of its Peace and Security Council (PSC) has endorsed a Southern African Development Community (SADC) decision to deploy...
Eastern DR Congo violence is an EU concern
The military build-up and use of advanced surface-to-air missiles and drones (unmanned aerial vehicles) by M23 rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo...
More questions on SA’s DR Congo deployment amid further deaths
Freedom Front Plus (FF+) leader Pieter Groenewald maintains the deaths of four South African soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in a...
SA Dept of Defence responds to DR Congo deployment criticism
South African Department of Defence Head of Communication (HoC) Siphiwe Dlamini notes in an opinion piece that the deployment of a SA National Defence...
Modise confident National Treasury will fund SAMIDRC deployment
Defence and Military Veterans Minister Thandi Modise has confirmed that the current budget does not provide funding for the South African National Defence Force...
Experts unpack the SANDF’s options in the DRC
President Cyril Ramaphosa has committed up to 2 900 South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers to the SADC Mission in the Democratic Republic...
Non-availability of aircraft delays SA SAMIDRC deployment
South Africa’s commitment to the Southern African Development Community (SADC) peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) did not have an auspicious...
Bodies of SANDF soldiers who died in the DRC return home
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) will on Wednesday repatriate and officially hand over the mortal remains of Captain Simon Mkhulu Bobe and...
South African troops in the DRC, Mozambique at risk without helicopter...
South Africa has deployed its troops into Mozambique and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) without renewing a maintenance contract needed to keep its...
SA DR Congo dead named amid calls for better resourcing of...
The South African soldiers killed when a mortar hit their position at a SAMIDRC (Southern African Development Community Mission in the Democratic Republic of...
‘Deeply irresponsible’ to send overstretched SANDF into SADC mission in the...
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) is so underfunded and overstretched that it is deeply irresponsible to be sending soldiers into the Democratic...
South African deaths in DR Congo laid at Ramaphosa’s door
The first deaths and injuries – all SA National Defence Force (SANDF) personnel - in the Southern African Development Community’s efforts to rein in...
SADC DR Congo mission will come up against high-tech weaponry
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will, reports have it, face an M23 rebel grouping with...
Two SANDF soldiers killed while deployed with SAMIDRC mission
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has suffered its first casualties as part of the Southern African Development Community Mission in the Democratic...
SA DR Congo deployment slammed
South African soldiers and support personnel selected for deployment to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as part of the Southern African Development Community...
