South Africa often uses its diplomatic heft to position itself as defender of the "global south" on the world stage, but the ...

South Africa's ambition to champion the 'global south' is diminished by its military failures, highlighted by the deaths of ...

The Southern African Development Community intervention force in the mission in the DRC is outgunned and outmanned.

The death of South African soldiers on a Southern African Development Community (SADC) mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has sparked fierce debate about the deployment of South African ...

The South African government also sought to lower concerns for the life of South African soldiers by saying the army had not been in combat or under attack for the last two days. Speaking at a press ...

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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday blamed M23 and Rwanda’s national army, which he described as a “militia”, for the deaths. The country’s defence minister Angie ...

Some Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) army forces, who fled the region due to the clashes crossed into Rwanda through the Corniche border crossing between the DRC and Rwanda, surrender to ...

This ongoing bloodshed required the country to take “a bold step,” says Gen. Johan Jooste, a former South African army general who was appointed Chief Ranger at Kruger Park in late 2012. “We had no ...

He reiterated that the South African military should not be the primary means of resolving the conflict but should support diplomatic initiatives. "The soldiers must not be the first line of ...