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FILE: SANDF uniform. Picture: Eyewitness News.

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SANDF refutes DA claim that soldiers in Moz didn’t have enough aerial support

By Masechaba Sefularo

The body of corporal Tebogo Radebe was officially handed over to his family on Thursday after he was killed in action during Operation Vikela in neighbouring...

  • FILE: SANDF members on parade. Picture: Reinart Toerien/Eyewitness News

    Body of SANDF soldier killed in Mozambique handed over to family

    Corporal Tebogo Radebe succumbed to his injuries after SADC soldiers were ambushed by insurgents in east Chai Village on Monday. His body arrived on home soil from Mozambique on Wednesday night.

    236 days ago
  • FILE: SANDF soldiers on patrol. Picture: Thomas Holder/Eyewitness News

    SANDF soldier killed in Mozambique by insurgents

    The SANDF member was part of a group sent to Cabo Delgado region on a SADC mission to fight militants there.

    238 days ago
  • FILE: A victim of a police brutality, who was shot by Swazi Special Police Unit's Operation Service Support Unit (OSSU), is carried away on a stretcher in Mbabane, Eswatini, on 20 October 2021. Picture: AFP

    SADC not doing enough to address concerns of eSwatini citizens - Pudemo

    The movement has urged the Southern African regional bloc to take the country’s crisis seriously after the resurgence of pro-democracy protests.

    296 days ago
  • Barricades are seen in a road during a protest in Mbabane, on 21 October 2021. At least 80 people were injured in eSwatini on 20 October 2021, a union leader said, as security forces cracked down on escalating pro-democracy protests in Africa's last absolute monarchy. Picture: AFP

    No improvement in eSwatini crisis since SADC envoy's arrival - Pudemo

    Citizens have been protesting against his rule and officials said at least 28 people have lost their lives, while schools remain shut. The people's United Democratic Movement's Wandile Dludlu.

    298 days ago
  • Barricades are seen in a road during a protest in Mbabane, on 21 October 2021. At least 80 people were injured in eSwatini on 20 October 2021, a union leader said, as security forces cracked down on escalating pro-democracy protests in Africa's last absolute monarchy. Picture: AFP

    SADC's Ramaphosa deploys envoys to protest-hit Eswatini

    Citizens are demanding the resignation of the king in the kingdom formerly known as Swaziland.

    299 days ago
  • Picture: @SADC_News/Twitter

    SADC urged to intervene in Eswatini following fresh protests

    Unions, opposition parties and student groups have joined the latest new wave of unrest in the kingdom, where protestors are mainly calling for the release of two lawmakers arrested earlier this year.

    301 days ago
  • FILE: Rwandan soldiers from Rwanda Defence Forces (RDF) and Rwandan policemen prepare to board a "Rwandair" plane for a military mission to Mozambique at Kanombe Airport, Kigali, Rwanda on 10 July 2021. Picture: AFP

    Mozambique welcomes foreign soldiers to fight insurgency

    The 16-member Southern African Development Community (SADC) agreed late last month to send troops to Mozambique's insurgent-hit Cabo Delgado province. That military intervention was formalised a week after east African nation Rwanda announced it was starting to deploy 1,000 troops to the area. In a rare comment on the deployment, Nyusi who long resisted foreign intervention, thanked SADC and Rwanda for the mobilisation.

    386 days ago
  • People wait for their relatives and friends to arrive in Pemba on 1 April 2021, from the boat of evacuees from the coasts of Palma. More than a thousand people evacuated from the shores of the town of Palma arrived at the sea port of Pemba after insurgents attacked Palma on 24 March 2021. Picture: Alfredo Zuniga/AFP

    Mozambique formally seeks help from neighbours to stem insurgency

    Southern African countries agreed late last month to deploy forces to Mozambique's Cabo Delgado province, where insurgents have been wreaking havoc since 2017.

    397 days ago
  • An aerial view of temporary houses in the Napala Agrarian Center of Metuge District, Cabo Delgado, northern Mozambique, on 24 February 2021. The place functions as a centre for displaced people who fled their communities due to attacks by armed insurgents in the northern area of Cabo Delgado's province. Picture: Alfredo Zuniga/AFP

    Deployment of SADC troops to Mozambique seeks to combat terrorism, extremism

    The Southern African Development Community (SADC) bloc "approved" the deployment of the "SADC Standby Force in support of Mozambique to combat of terrorism and acts of violent extremism in Cabo Delgado," the bloc's executive secretary Stergomena Tax said at the end of a one day summit.

    418 days ago
  • People wait for their relatives and friends to arrive in Pemba on 1 April 2021, from the boat of evacuees from the coasts of Palma. More than 1,000 people evacuated from the shores of the town of Palma arrived at the sea port of Pemba after insurgents attacked Palma on 24 March 2021. Picture: Alfredo Zuniga/AFP

    Security analyst warns Mozambique insurgency a threat to southern Africa region

    Marauding militants took control of the coastal town of Palma last week. One South African was killed in the attack while 50 others were accounted for following the attacks.

    500 days ago
  • FILE: Shepherd Bushiri and his wife Mary. Picture: facebook.com/shepherdbushiriministries

    SA's handling of Chang, Ntsie matters risking Bushiri extradition process?

    Over the past decade countries including Mozambique and Lesotho have failed to have accused and convicted criminals face the music in those countries.

    638 days ago
  • A feeding female 'Anopheles sinensis' mosquito on a human hand. Picture: CDC/James Gathany.

    Gauteng Health Dept urges caution when visiting areas with malaria

    The life-threatening disease causes up to 3,000 cases in Gauteng each year, and proves fatal in about 30 cases.

    650 days ago
  • Picture: @SADC_News/Twitter

    Southern Africa bloc backs Mozambique in fight against insurgents

    President Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe, who chaired a summit including the leaders of Botswana, Zambia and Mozambique, cited a growing risk of religious extremism and radicalisation in southern Africa, threatening peace and security.

    819 days ago
  • President Cyril Ramaphosa addressing the Financial Times Africa Summit in London on 14 October 2019. Picture: @PresidencyZA/Twitter

    Ramaphosa: UK trade deal with SA will ensure certainty in case of no-Brexit deal

    The president assured investors at the Financial Times Africa Summit in London that the country would, among others, review its immigration and visa regime to be more enabling to business.

    1037 days ago
  • President Cyril Ramaphosa met with Lesotho’s Prime Minister Tom Thabane on 4 July 2019. Picture: @PresidencyZA/Twitter

    Ramaphosa hails signing of Lesotho reform MOU as milestone

    President Cyril Ramaphosa met with stakeholders, including political parties, NGOs and traditional leaders.

    1138 days ago
  • President Cyril Ramaphosa. Picture: @PresidencyZA/Twitter

    Ramaphosa expected to visit troubled Lesotho this week

    Although the president’s visit is routine, he might find himself returning to his role as long time Southern African Development Community (SADC) facilitator in the kingdom.

    1143 days ago
  • President Cyril Ramaphosa at the ANC 107 gala dinner at the Durban ICC on 11 January 2019. Picture: Sethembiso Zulu/EWN

    Ramaphosa urged to mobilise AU, SADC to assist Zimbabwe during current crisis

    Dewa Mavhinga from the Human Rights Watch says that President Cyril Ramaphosa has not done enough to restore calm in Zimbabwe as an SADC member and a neighbouring country leader.

    1299 days ago
  • Angry protesters block the main route to Zimbabwe's capital Harare from Epworth township on 14 January 2019. Picture: AFP

    Zim opposition official says SA's silence on country crisis 'deafening'

    David Coltart says that South Africa and the international community should be speaking out loud and clear in condemnation and they're not.

    1299 days ago
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