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Opposition parties have been accused of seeking to score political points from the death of South African soldiers in the Central African Republic.
The international military think-tank website, Strategypage, believes the SA Air Force's affirmative action policy will result in nothing more than higher plane crash statistics.
The United Nations is urging Central African Republic Prime Minister Nicolas Tiangaye to restore security, a spokesperson says.
A decision on whether South African soldiers would be redeployed to the Central African Republic as peacekeepers will be made later this week, according to a report.
The North Gauteng High Court has further delayed a donation of military helicopters to Zimbabwe's army after the planned transfer sparked an outcry.
South African soldiers have a new camouflaged weapon in their arsenal, according to a report.
President Jacob Zuma has extended the deployment of more than 1 300 troops to the Democratic Republic of Congo, and 850 in Sudan, on the back of the withdrawal from the embattled Central African Republic.
Questions remain about an accord said to have underpinned the South African troop deployment in the Central African Republic, the DA says.
Nobel literature prize winner Nadine Gordimer has urged South Africa's government to be more cautious about deploying peacekeepers abroad, after 13 troops died in the Central African Republic.
President Jacob Zuma has told Parliament South African soldiers were withdrawn from Central African Republic due to the fact that the security situation there had deteriorated.
The South African National Defence Force will continue anti-piracy operations in Mozambique and Tanzania, after President Jacob Zuma extended the operation for a year, the presidency says.
Deputy International Relations Minister Ebrahim Ebrahim said says there is not yet an indication from the defence department on the number of soldiers heading to the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The officer in charge of training soldiers for deployment to the Democratic Republic of the Congo is an exam cheat, City Press reports.
All South African troops are believed to have returned from Central African Republic, a report says.
The presidency has hit back at people demanding answers about the deaths of 13 SA soldiers deployed to the Central African Republic, warning they threaten state security.
