#FirstThingsFirst - South African soldiers die in DRC

The SANDF is preparing to send reinforcements from South Africa to the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), said military sources, after nine South African soldiers were killed and several injured in fighting there on Thursday, 23 January and Friday, 24 January. Parliament has called for a probe into the combat readiness of the force and whether it has adequate air and other support after its heavy losses. Mfundo Mabalane broke down the history of the war in DRC and our obligation as a SADC player for this kind of peace keeping mission. The rest of the team and listeners deliberated on whether our soldiers should pull out seeing that we are ill-equipped