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Angie Motshekga

Military Veterans mess — committee wants ‘dysfunctional department’ placed under administration

South Africa

Military Veterans mess — committee wants ‘dysfunctional department’ placed under administration

By Suné Payne

SADC mission withdrawal from DRC not sign of weakness but success of peace efforts — SA top brass

Africa

SADC mission withdrawal from DRC not sign of weakness but success of peace efforts — SA top brass

By Peter Fabricius

South African and other SADC troops finally begin withdrawal from war-torn DRC

Maverick News

South African and other SADC troops finally begin withdrawal from war-torn DRC

By Peter Fabricius

Motshekga on military veterans department: ‘I found a wrecked ship’

South Africa

Motshekga on military veterans department: ‘I found a wrecked ship’

By Suné Payne

SA troops remain trapped in ‘perilous, threatening’ conditions in DRC, with no rescue in sight

Africa

SA troops remain trapped in ‘perilous, threatening’ conditions in DRC, with no rescue in sight

By Peter Fabricius

Fallen soldiers come home — ‘They lost their lives in pursuit of peace,’ says Ramaphosa

South Africa

Fallen soldiers come home — ‘They lost their lives in pursuit of peace,’ says Ramaphosa

By Lerato Mutsila

Daily Maverick Readers Speak – Gift of the Givers’ Imtiaz Sooliman for President

South Africa

Daily Maverick Readers Speak – Gift of the Givers’ Imtiaz Sooliman for President

By Ferial Haffajee, Sahra Heuwel and Janet Heard

‘Who is that bullet going to hit’ — families of SA troops in DRC haunted by gunfire in voice notes

Africa

‘Who is that bullet going to hit’ — families of SA troops in DRC haunted by gunfire in voice notes

By Vincent Cruywagen

Bodies of SA soldiers killed in DRC to be repatriated, Parliament told, as MPs grill SANDF and Motshekga

Africa

Bodies of SA soldiers killed in DRC to be repatriated, Parliament told, as MPs grill SANDF and Motshekga

By Peter Fabricius

DRC crisis and Trump’s aid withdrawal set to be hot-button topics at Cabinet lekgotla

Maverick News

DRC crisis and Trump’s aid withdrawal set to be hot-button topics at Cabinet lekgotla

By Nonkululeko Njilo

Four more dead, SANDF force in ‘very tense situation’ as M23 overruns Goma

Maverick News

Four more dead, SANDF force in ‘very tense situation’ as M23 overruns Goma

By Peter Fabricius

There are 56 good reasons South Africa needs the Bela Bill

Op-eds

There are 56 good reasons South Africa needs the Bela Bill

By Michael Le Cordeur