Criticism mounts against South Africa's participation in the SADC force. The bodies of the two South African soldiers killed in the DRC were repatriated to South Africa on Wednesday February 21.
They were killed after a mortar blast exploded at their military base near Sake, eastern DRC. The death of these two soldiers opened a debate in South Africa: do these soldiers have their place in the Congolese conflict? The opposition's criticisms are harsh. Like Julius Malema, the leader of the EFF party, for whom the South African troops must withdraw immediately.