Un Peacekeeping

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President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the SANDF deployment in his 12 February State of the Nation Address.

AFRICAN SECURITY

South Africa focusing on bringing bodies and injured soldiers home from the DRC

M23 rebels declared a ceasefire in the DRC and the truce seems to be holding

Aarti Bhana

A South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldier gestures during operation “Shanela” in the Soul City informal settlement near Kagiso on December 14, 2024. Security forces raided an informal settlement west of Johannesburg arresting scores of people in a crackdown on illegal mining. (Photo by WIKUS DE WET/AFP via Getty Images)

How the SANDF has declined over 30 years

The hollowing out of the armed forces was laid bare in 2023, when it was disclosed that 85% of the air force’s aircraft fleet was out of action

Theo Neethling