SA soldiers return from the front lines

As soldiers return from the Democratic Republic of Congo after a year deployed abroad, often engaged in firefights with enemy combatants, and sharing some of their stories with EWN, new troops get ready to ship out.

[@empire-classfirenationbatt2691]

Looking forward to serving with these men and women eventually.

[@thememorablenovelist5876]

damn i thought i was the only person in the country who was willing to join😁

[@empire-classfirenationbatt2691]

@@thememorablenovelist5876 it does feel like that man but we're out there.

[@thabangmotsoko6308]

Hey man I've seen you around a lot of comment sections of military videos and seeing how were both wanna be recces ,are around the age of 17 and listen to Sabaton let's be friends HHey man I've seen you around a lot of Hey dude

[@Spharrowbrohihi]

@@thabangmotsoko6308 hey hey, I’m around your age(20 this year) and looking for more people also keen on joining to workout with,you keen?

[@dennislewis83]

So proud of Lt Col Sekgobela. Have known her as a capable and proud mechanise soldier. 👊🏿

[@phuthikhosa6847]

Guys I'm proud of you. Lt Col Sekgobela ur an inspiration to South African women serving in the armed forces. Hooray 7SAI!

[@africa_explained_tv]

Salute the Troops

[@gidiohkeen3530]

I respect Ur job guys but admin....guys u need to pull up your socks...

[@uSonwabile]

Where's Mabena?

[@matthewbougaard7132]

hahahahaha

[@samuelt.kisaame7787]

Ahahahahahaha 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@dieselmetsi6504]

We want to see Mabena!

[@xabisopricelesschinanquma7095]

Mabena mabena...

[@uraninite8151]

He’s probably with the ADF cause he forgot what army he’s fight for.

[@muzijuniourhlela91muzivusi84]

I think sandf need to take video or go with crew of sabc so that as a south African community we would be well informed about their mission in drc congo we massin always be the last to know about troops

[@Ghoulza]

there are clips and the defence web site has lots of info about what is going on and what mission they have done

[@TEN-ew6ej]

Welcome home, South Africa first.

[@ompimagau8572]

welcome home... you make us proud

[@dumisanilawrence9918]

So is this how our taxes spent solving others countries problems when we can't solve our own

[@nyikosibisi9076]

What's your problem to be solved?

[@TimdeTaranto]

@@dumisanilawrence9918 and you don't think having stable African countries is in South Africa's interest? People don't flee well run countries. Sitting back and closing the borders doesn't solve the problem.

[@NdiDL785]

Uninformed UN pay them not paid by your tax. South African Government also benefits from that.

[@Nikolizky]

The UN pays for everything mate, a pair of boots, helmet, rifle, etc. The soldiers are paid less than what the UN pays per soldier, the government keeps the rest of the money. I was there in 2004/2005

[@bukati0427]

Dumisani Lawrence, ur a very stupid boy....every country has its own challenges

[@niyonkurufreddy1984]

Shame to you you work with belly you are peacemaker just you follow money bcse ask you if there is sign M23 with kisekedi why are you come to fight M23 but God’s plan

[@thaithaisekgobela2334]

Proud of u my sister mmina noko

[@Cerl84]

SA should build up the military and use it to help build infrastructure in non developed areas. This would help create jobs for millions. not for security to protect white privilege. let them hire private security to do that.

[@ginger0208]

What do you mean protect white privileges?!

[@Cerl84]

@@ginger0208 white privilege. Federal troops are not in the business of private security for a bunch of exclusives. Hire your own goons to look after your giant SUV.

[@ginger0208]

@@Cerl84 show me an instance of the SANDF being used for that when it wasn't required or stipulated in their particular role in the military

[@nathimanci1195]

What the hell are you talking about? Is it not the fat tummy generals who have turned the force into a recruitment agency for their under achieving kids and relatives and recruited a disproportionate number of overweight girls into the force for their pleasure. Hamba!! Thula!

[@CraigCoetzee-i3l]

Can't fight themselves out of a paper bag. Our army is an embarrassment.

[@sethusipho3986]

We are proud of the SANDF, may GOD be with you all.

[@Homoprimatesapiens]

What has the SANDF to do in the Congo? Why do the UN have S.A. equipment? So S.A. is the policeman of the continent. Ridiculous!

[@ginger0208]

How is that ridiculous, we gain experience, we get paid by the UN, those countries become stable, it's a win for everyone.

[@Homoprimatesapiens]

@@ginger0208 Payed by the U.N. ?? Seeing is believing. Our soldiers in jeopardy and on the expense of the taxpayers earnings. Will those countries help us when Iran or China invade us??

[@citizen2641]

@@Homoprimatesapiens Why would iran or China invade us mate South Africa is one of the most neutral countries we are Freinds with everybody and have no enemy's its good our troops are deployed they gain valuable skill and training during there deployments and we help stabilize the continent what's wrong with that

[@taydow4135]

What is the name of the song they're singing at 0:15

[@mandlenkosizwane5253]

The truth is there are not well trained....

[@thembisibanyoni4435]

Can you prove that?

[@mandlenkosizwane5253]

I work with ex soldiers and ex police who can't shoit,so what do you call that...well trained?

[@thembisibanyoni4435]

@@mandlenkosizwane5253 where do you work with them dude? How did you see if they can't shoot?

[@mandlenkosizwane5253]

I cannot say that but me and you or your colleagues can meet so I can prove it to you at zwartkop shooting range or knights germiston,we can even bet if you would like to,on 9mm pistols and rifle(R4,5,6,dashprod or a dm4)

[@thembisibanyoni4435]

@@mandlenkosizwane5253 you're a boy you can't compete with me, which company you working for, Do you have NKP?

[@edwardlowe7260]

many disgusting behaviour stories

[@mlungisidlamini9864]

Good job guys we need more of these videos.

[@MynameisMud-i3o]

Not a white in sight

[@nathimanci1195]

Would have been interesting to see how they would have performed in Bangui, 2013. Long live the 13 bats.

[@0ddyN]

Can someone... anyone please show them how to shape a beret. for gods sake!! If you can't get dress and bearing right! how can you be a proficient soldier?? YOU CANT!

[@ginger0208]

Berets won't ever be shaped perfectly ANYWHERE around the world, and since when did something so small affect how proficient of a soldier you are? You don't even wear the thing in the field. Always negative for no reason...

[@0ddyN]

@@ginger0208 Have you served in the military? I ask that cause if you have you will know that dress and bearing is the minimum standard when it comes to discipline. If you can't get that right, it says what is your discipline on the battlefield? If you not proficient in getting dressed to the standards set, how can you believe to be proficient as a soldier? And yes there are certain ways berets are shaped in each country. You don't even now who i am and presume im always negative??

[@ginger0208]

@@0ddyN I assume that because you brought up the beret, a minor thing. It's virtually impossible to shape a beret the same way as everyone's head is different, everyone's hands are different, as I said in England you will see that the berets of regiments never shape the same even if they are shown how to "do it properly" and that's just one example, you will see it in America too and literally everywhere else.

[@valerioscarpone1790]

As a ex soldier from the BTG Alp Susa Taurinese AMF NATO ltaly special Forces i can say that here in Italy all the special Forces used to shape thier berets. Greetings to all my friends there in South Africa.

[@tbfstbfs5864]

Lol

[@TheShakster123]

Go get em

[@kasimmohamedi8808]

I see private Ule,big up😁😁

[@pholosopilusataujr6023]

7 SAI my Home thump-up

[@brandonbotha5591]

We need you guys in our cities not in other countries... But good job I guess 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦💯

[@dumezwenicyzane346]

Da constitution limits our force on our national soil....we r not police we dnt hv rubber bullets we shoot to kill

[@MkhuseliMazungulaPoli1905]

I don't think we're getting invaded by any enemy countries yet, buddy. You just need to get your act together in your homes and communities. SA troops don't need to fight their own families they protect them from whatever is across the borders.

[@idreesmohammed5823]

Salute

[@solilwelazwelethu8177]

Freedom Fighters madoda I salute you Fighters

[@edwardlowe7260]

holiday at tax payers expense

[@jaredkruger9750]

Lighten up buddy , the UN pays for this deployment

[@taylorang5143]

SADF in white top 1 !👏👏👏👏

[@africantraveller8303]

apartheid is gone forever, accept that!!!

[@africantraveller8303]

It was good in killing innocent civilians?

[@rooneyonyisi8475]

Deployment which deployment SA army has never seen war come see Kenya army

[@siyavuyageleba2234]

@rooney Onyisi your last name sounds Igbo full of hate and envy for South Africans

[@rooneyonyisi8475]

@@siyavuyageleba2234 I don't have hate for SA but a fact is a fact.SA army have never seen war

[@lelethugani7259]

@@rooneyonyisi8475 what crap are talking about.. south africa has been at war for years before democratic goverment. And after 1994 we have been i hostile peace mission.. lesotho. Seleka rebels C.A.R and D.r.c. with m23

[@rooneyonyisi8475]

@@lelethugani7259 those are not wars those are peacekeeping missions

[@rooneyonyisi8475]

@@lelethugani7259 hahahahahahaha I hear now they are being deployed in Cape town to curb violence really!!!? Army deployed to curb gangs

[@sajdu9212]

It sounds like if they were in one little contact where some shots were fired,WOW.I wonder how these clowns would react if a RPG 6 were fired towards them like in the Angolan war,i guess they would all just ran away like they did in those days.

[@nabeelsamuels8223]

Rpg7 firstly

[@samukelisiwemtshweni5663]

😴😴

[@andrewfranciscohughes2481]

like they did those days? wtf are you talking about

[@ginger0208]

You know that even now in 2021 that they are in frequent firefights and conduct many operations into hotzones to liberate territory from the ADF?

[@Ghoulza]

in the DRC SANDF soldiers scored the now 8th longest sniper kill, he went out and killed 6 M23 rebel leaders, while the rest of the SANDF army attack the M-23 rebel base, they pushed them back to the border, then we used our Rooivalk attack helicopters to destroy them, they surrender 3 days later. M-23 were pretty much wiped out but SANDF soldiers. In C.A.R. 200 SANDF soldiers took on 3000 rebels. they held their ground over a 13-hour firefight until a cease-fire was called. 13 SANDF soldiers died and over 800 rebels were killed. so no they don't run away and they have been in some of the single-action fights on the African continent. in the US 20 years in Iraq and Afganistan they have not had a single engagement as fierce as the one SA was involved in.... maybe SA JDU learn something about the topic before you type rubbish like a complete moron

[@baas3012]

SANDF what a joke it has become put this guys against real fighting force and they well lose badly

[@lelethugani7259]

Troll.

[@mphomothapo646]

@@lelethugani7259 tel him to bring dem

[@sibusisoshingwenyana2511]

troll

[@ginger0208]

Like the SADF lost in Angola?

[@baas3012]

@@ginger0208 troll

[@MessayaFoureal]

The real commander is the eff leader 😂

[@emanuelkgopane4620]

Messaya Foureal

[@manqobanqobzi8219]

Messaya Foureal 😂😂😂

[@emmanuelhenrygoba9378]

U right

[@thembisibanyoni4435]

You drunk

[@MessayaFoureal]

@@thembisibanyoni4435 no room for discussion.

[@mikefibre5337]

Ya ya and where did u go?sounding like some waste of time and tax money to me

[@ginger0208]

Our taxes don't even pay for this, UN does...