South Africa’s retreat from the DRC: How budget cuts crippled our troops
Sending soldiers to make peace in one of the toughest neighbourhoods in Africa without air support was never going to end well
08 May 2025 - 05:00
Outgunned, outmanoeuvred, out of luck, and out of the Congo — a condensed version of South Africa’s latest military misadventure
To be clear, the ignominious withdrawal — sorry, peace agreement — has nothing to do with the calibre of the South African troops, who have been fighting with one hand, and sometimes both, behind their backs...
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