Call for SANDF to restructure

WITHDRAWAL: ANGIE MUST QUIT, SAYS DA, ACTIONSA

- Jarryd Westerdale

The government of national unity (GNU) is divided over how to deal with the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

The National Assembly held an urgent debate yesterday to voice MPs' opinions on how and why 14 South Africans died in the central African conflict.

Families of the 14 fallen soldiers are desperately awaiting news of the repatriation of their loved ones killed by Rwandan-backed forces.

Former minister of home affairs Malusi Gigaba spoke on behalf of the ANC, stressing that the country had an obligation to show moral support for the soldiers still deployed in the DRC.

Gigaba doubled down on President Cyril Ramaphosa's Sona statement that under the Freedom Charter, South Africa had a duty to uphold "progressive internationalism".

"When South Africa was enveloped by a dark cloud of apartheid tyranny, Africa acted together to bring about a brighter day of freedom," Gigaba said.