Face The Nation | Gigaba on SANDF/ Dlamini on EFF 3rd NPA resolutions/Afriforum on Trump

Standing Committee on Defence Co-Chairperson Malusi Gigaba says the remains of soldiers who were killed in the eastern DRC will be repatriated on Wednesday, Gigaba also clarified that the deployment of South African troops is part of a Southern African Development Community agreement, not a bilateral deal with the DRC. He confirmed that SANDF troops are safe in camps and not captured, following M23 declaring a ceasefire in DRC. Fourteen soldiers lost their lives last month in a conflict with M23 rebels.
EFF's Secretary General, Marshall Dlamini, says the South African National Defence Force is not engaged in a peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Instead, he emphasised that the army was on an offensive mission aimed at defending the territory, as well as the mineral and business interests in the eastern region of the country.
Afriforum CEO Kallie Kriel says it will write to the US government requesting that President Donald Trump's proposed punitive measures against South Africa target senior ANC leaders instead of the country's residents. The organisation says it will also urge the South African government to amend the Expropriation Act to protect property rights and avert a potential crisis. This comes after the US President falsely claimed that land was being confiscated in the country, and threatened to cut aid to South Africa as a punitive measure.
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