Kushone amasosha amabili e-SANDF ngesikhathi ejutshwe emishini ye-SAMIDRC

I-SANDF namuhla ikuqinisekisile ukuthi mhla ziyi-14 kuNhlolanja ngezithuba zabo-13h30, ibhomu lawela ngaphakathi kwesinye sezikhungo zamasosha aseNingizimu Afrika.

Ngenxa yalo mlilo obungaqondile, abe-SANDF bashone ababili kwathi amalungu amathathu alimala. Abalimele baphuthunyiswe esibhedlela esiseduzane eGoma ukuze bathole usizo lwezempilo, kusho iNhloko yezokuXhumana eMnyangweni wezokuVikela uSiphiwe Dlamini esitatimendeni.

Ubuye wengeza ngokuthi imininingwane yesigameko isengakacaci okwamanje, kanti kusazoqhubeka uphenyo ukuze “kutholakale isisekelo sesigameko.”

UNgqongqoshe wezokuVikela kanye noMakadebona Bezempi, uThandi Modise, iPhini likaNgqongqoshe wezokuVikela kanye noMakadebona bezempi, uThabang Makwetla, iBamba likaNobhala wezokuVikela, uThobekile Gamede kanye neNhloko ye-SANDF, uGeneral Rudzani Maphwanya, badlulise amazwi enduduzo emindenini yamasosha ashonile waphinde wafisela amalungu alimele ukululama okusheshayo.

Ibutho laseNingizimu Afrika liyingxenye ye-SAMIDRC etshalwe ukweseka kanye nokusiza uhulumeni wase-DRC emzamweni wawo wokuletha ukuthula, ukuphepha kanye nokuzinza kuleso sifunda. UMongameli Cyril Ramaphosa uyalele amalungu e-SANDF ayizi-2 900 ukuthi ajoyine i-SAMIDRC kusukela mhla ziyi-15 kuZibandlela wezi-2023 kuya mhla ziyi-15 kuZibandlela wezi-2024, ngemali eyizigidigidi ezimbili zamarandi.

Ezinye izifunda ze-SAMIDRC zihlanganisa amasosha avela eMalawi, Tanzania, kanye ne-Congolese Army (Forces Armees de la Republic Democratique du Congo/FARDC).

Ukujutshwa kwamasosha kuqale kabi njengoba amavukelambuso e-M23 anesibindi esabisa inhloko-dolobha yaseNorth Kivu, eGoma, phakathi nokuhoxiswa kwamasosha e-United Nations asebenza ngaphansi kophiko lwe-MONUSCO.

Ungoti wezokundiza uDean Wingrin uxwayise ngokuthi ukuthunyelwa kwe-SANDF ne-SAMIDRC kuzoba “nemiphumela edabukisayo” njengoba zingekho izindiza ezinophephela emhlane zaseRooivalk ezihlinzeka ngekhava eliphezulu futhi zimbalwa izindiza ezinophephela emhlane ze-Oryx ezitholakalayo. “Awukwazi ukuthembela ekusekelweni komoya kwamanye amazwe, ikakhulukazi uma kuphuthuma/ kushisa,” kusho yena.

Ekhuluma neNewzroom Afrika, uWingrin wachaza ngokuthi, “INingizimu Afrika inesabelomali esilinganiselwe sokuvikela. Kule minyaka eyishumi edlule…bekulokhu kuncipha ngokwangempela futhi nokho uMbutho Wezokuvikela uyacelwa ukuthi wenze okwengeziwe futhi igunya liyakhula njalo. Kuningi nje ongakwenza ngesabelomali osinikeziwe.”

Uthe i-SANDF inamasosha alinganiselwa ku-14 000 kuphela engawatshala noma nini ngenxa yesidingo sokuzungeza nokuqeqesha amasosha, angu-1 200 asebenza ku-MONUSCO, angu-1 500 asebenzela i-SADC Mission eMozambique, angu-2 700. ekuvikeleni umngcele i-Operation Corona. “Futhi uma lokho bekungenele, uMengameli usecele umbutho wamasosha ukuthi utshale amasosha angu-900 ukuze avikele iziteshi zikagesi zakwa-Eskom kanye namanye angu-3 300 ukuze alwe nabavukuzi abangekho emthethweni.”

Umqondisi Wokubuyekezwa Kwezokuvikela e-Afrika u-Darren Olivier uxwayise ngokuthi i-SAMIDRC incane kakhulu futhi ayinazo izinsizakusebenza ezidingekayo, futhi “kuzoba nabaningi abalimalayo.”

Ngasekuqaleni kwale nyanga, amavukelambuso e-M23 adubule indiza enophephela emhlane ye-South African Air Force (SAAF) i-Oryx, eyadutshulwa okungenani amahlandla angu-43 ngokusolwa ukuthi isibhamu i-AK-47 kanye ne-PK ngesikhathi i-MONUSCO ithutha abantu bezempilo kuleliyazwe.