5th SANDF Group Returns Home From DRC Mission

Fifth group of SANDF soldiers returns from SAMIDRC mission

A fifth group of South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers has returned from the now terminated Southern African Development Community Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (SAMIDRC). The 258-strong group arrived at Bram Fischer International Airport in Bloemfontein on Friday morning (20 June), aboard an Air Tanzania Boeing 787 Dreamliner. They were welcomed by senior SANDF officials and support personnel. “The SANDF commends t…

5th SANDF group returns home from DRC mission

The fifth group of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) troops has returned to the country after a peacekeeping deployment in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Cape {town} Etc reports. According to EWN, a total of 258 soldiers landed at Bram Fischer International Airport in Bloemfontein this morning, 20 June, marking another phase of the withdrawal following the end of the Southern African Development Community (SAD…