Defence Chair Urges Calm As Sandf Suffers Losses In Drc

Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans, Dakota Legoete, says South Africans must stay calm with regards to the issue of South African Defence Forces SANDF presence in the Democratic Republic of Congo DRC.

This follows the loss of nine soldiers this week who formed part of the United Nations and Southern African peacekeeping force in the eastern DRC as M23 rebels advanced on the city of Goma.

Two of the South African fatalities were from the UN peacekeeping forces and seven from the Southern African mission in the DRC.

Legoete says calls by some opposition parties for the recall of the South African peacekeeping contingent are premature.

Legoete has passed his condolences to the nation and the families of the soldiers on the Portfolio Committees behalf and lauded their brave sacrifice.