Stop playing with our soldiers' lives

Receiving the tragic news that you have lost a loved one who was serving their country abroad must be the hardest to handle.

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For the family of Calvin Moagi, one of the 13 South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers killed in clashes with M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) this month, that's exactly what they have had to deal with.

Monageng Moagi, his uncle, said: "We are heartbroken. We were expecting him to come home safely from deployment, not to receive this devastating news. Losing someone like him, who was so full of life, is incredibly painful."