SA troops under attack from child soldiers had to defend themselves and couldn’t "give sweeties and blow kisses", says the defence minister.
South Africa took a unilateral decision to remove SANDF troops from the CAR and was not pressured into doing so, according to the government.
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President Jacob Zuma says SA troops will leave the Central African Republic because the deal under which they were deployed has became void.
Chad’s leader says President Jacob Zuma has pledged that South African troops will pull out of the Central African Republic.
Seleka rebel head Michel Djotodia will probably be cut some slack given the personal history of some of the leaders gathered in N’Djamena.
Jacob Zuma’s objectives at a regional summit on the CAR are unclear, but he will want to reach an understanding with the powers that be in Bangui.
Jacob Zuma and the version of the ANC he leads are, for obvious reasons, not fans of the maxim "verities liberabit vos" – the truth will set you free.
Some people in the Central African Republic have applauded a cavalcade of Seleka rebels while others remain distrustful after looting by both sides.
Jacob Zuma gave a new reason for SA troops sent to the Central African Republic, while attacking his critics and the media. But neither has hit home.
We cannot stop asking questions. Democracy demands that we view our leaders with a healthy dose of suspicion and scepticism, writes Khaya Dlanga.
The ANC’s back against the wall over CAR, Nelson Mandela’s sixth night in hospital and Jacob Zuma’s failed attempt at a salary freeze.
Jacob Zuma has dismissed ulterior motives in the deployment of troops to the CAR, citing national security as a reason to discuss nothing military.
Families of 13 SA soldiers killed in the Central African Republic have arrived for the memorial service at the Swartkop Air Force Base in Pretoria.
Since the coup, Central African Republic’s new government has optimistically promised that business will resume soon. But experts are doubtful.
The Democratic Alliance’s call for all SA troops to be withdrawn from the Central African Republic is misguided and ill-advised, the ANC has said.
The ANC says an M&G article linking SA’s deployment in the CAR to business interests related to the party is "blatant lies" and dishonours the dead.
The DA wants Parliament to force the withdrawal of SA troops from the Central African Republic – but whether any troops remain there is not clear.
The South African National Defence Union says SA’s government has a legal duty to have Michel Djotodia indicted by the International Criminal Court.
SA soldiers who survived a rebel takeover of the CAR are traumatised after discovering later that some of the rebels killed were child soldiers.
Central African Republic’s new leader Michel Djotodia said he would not take reprisals against rivals and called on those who fled abroad to return.
Michel Djotodia has vowed to hand over power at the end of the three-year transition and not contest the Central African Republic’s 2016 elections.
The Red Cross in the Central African Republic said it has found some 78 bodies in the streets of the capital Bangui since it fell to the rebels.
It has been a difficult week for South Africa following the death of 13 soldiers at the Central African Republic.
Ousted Central African Republic President François Bozizé has requested exile in the tiny West African nation of Benin.
The South African National Defence Union has announced it is suing the defence force for R1.5-million in damages for defamation.
Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula defended the deployment of troops to the CAR, saying they died in duty for their country.
By now much of the dust has settled around the battle which waged for roughly 13 hours a few kilometres outside Bangui at checkpoint PK12.
After 10 years in power, the statesman had few friends offering to help to fight off the rebels.
The last three members of the Central African Republic’s World Cup football party left Johannesburg on Tuesday night to an uncertain future.
The South African government is sending more soldiers to the Central African Republic, potentially exposing them to a looming civil war.
Even so, a witness to the coup says that, while South African troops stood firm, government soldiers fled.