Mumwe musoja weSouth African National Defence Force (SANDF) afa nekuda kwekukuvara kwakaitwa panguva yekurwisana nevarwi veM23 kuGoma, DRC.
Musoja uyu anga ari muchipatara kwevhiki asati afa nekuda kwekukuvara kwake. Uku kufa kunowedzera huwandu hwevarwi veSANDF vauraiwa muhondo yeDRC kusvika pa14.
SANDF yakazivisa mazita evarwi gumi nevana vakafa muhondo iri kuenderera mberi. Varwi vakafa vanosanganisira:
Staff Sergeant William Eddie Cola
Staff Sergeant Molahlehi Ishmael Molahlehi
Staff Sergeant Shwahlane Theophilus Seepe
Corporal Matome Justice Malesa
Corporal Rinae Nemavhulani
Lance Bombardier Itumeleng Macdonald Moreo
Lance Corporal Tseke Moffat Molapo
Lance Corporal Metse Stansly Raswiswi
Rifleman Sebatane Richard Chokoe
Rifleman Derrick Maluleke
Rifleman Tshidiso Andries Mabele
Rifleman Calvin Louis Moagi
Rifleman Mokete Joseph Mobe
Private Peter Jacobus Strydom
Gurukota rezveDziviriro, Angie Motshekga, atura tsitsi kumhuri nehama dzevarwi vakafa.
Varwi veSANDF ava vaive muchikwata chakatumirwa pasi peSouthern African Development Community Mission (SADC) neUnited Nations Organisation Stabilisation Mission muDRC (MONUSCO). Basa ravo raive rekurwisa mapoka emauto asiri pamutemo uye kupa rugare mudunhu. SANDF yakasimbisa kushinga kwevarwi ava mukudzivisa kurwiswa kwakaitwa nevarwi veM23 panzvimbo yavo muSake.
Panguva yekushanya kune varwi musi wa22 Ndira, Gurukota Motshekga, pamwe neSANDF Chief General Rudzani Maphwanya, vakasimbisa varwi kuti nyika inokoshesa kuzvipira kwavo. Vakashanyirawo varwi vakakuvara vari kurapwa, vachivavimbisa kuti hurumende iri kuvatsigira.
*Mamiriro Ezvinhu Asina Kugadzikana MuDRC*
SANDF yakasimbisa kusagadzikana kuri kuramba kuchiitika kumabvazuva kweDRC, uko kusawirirana kuri kuramba kuchikura pakati pehurumende yeCongo nevarwi veM23 vanotsigirwa neRwanda. SANDF yatumira vanopfuura zviuru zviviri zvevarwi kuti vaunze rugare mudunhu iri.
Kunyangwe paine matambudziko, SANDF inoramba yakatsiga mubasa rayo. Zvisinei, kurwisa kwevarwi kwakawedzera kukonzeresa kufa kwevarwi veSouth Africa uye kukuvara kwakawanda.