The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has commemorated two officers who died on duty in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Valentine's Day. (Supplied/SANDF)
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has commemorated two officers who died on duty in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Valentine's Day.
The funerals took place in Kimberley and Pretoria on Saturday, just a day after the SANDF announced that another two officers had died in the DRC.
On Friday, the SANDF said that a soldier in the DRC had used a service weapon to shoot another soldier and then shoot themselves.
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