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.
The SANDF member was part of a group sent to Cabo Delgado region on a SADC mission to fight militants there.
The movement has urged the Southern African regional bloc to take the country’s crisis seriously after the resurgence of pro-democracy protests.
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.
Citizens are demanding the resignation of the king in the kingdom formerly known as Swaziland.
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.
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.
Southern African countries agreed late last month to deploy forces to Mozambique's Cabo Delgado province, where insurgents have been wreaking havoc since 2017.
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.
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.
Over the past decade countries including Mozambique and Lesotho have failed to have accused and convicted criminals face the music in those countries.
The life-threatening disease causes up to 3,000 cases in Gauteng each year, and proves fatal in about 30 cases.
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.
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.
President Cyril Ramaphosa met with stakeholders, including political parties, NGOs and traditional leaders.
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.
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.
David Coltart says that South Africa and the international community should be speaking out loud and clear in condemnation and they're not.
