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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>A staff sergeant deployed as part of Operation Vikela, South Africa’s contribution to the Southern African Development Community Mission in Mozambique (SAMIM), has died in a Pemba hospital.<\/p>\n

In a statement, SA National Defence Force (SANDF) spokesperson, Brigadier-General Andries Mahapa, said Staff Sergeant Johan Andries van Rooyen, 51, died at Level 2 Hospital on Saturday.<\/p>\n

“[He] reported at Mihluri base, where he presented with a severe headache and chest complication before being transferred to hospital,” Mahapa said.<\/p>\n

His body would be repatriated to SA, where the defence force and his family would finalise his funeral arrangements, Mahapa added.<\/p>\n

The Big Read: Five years on, Cabo Delgado in Mozambique still a hotbed of insurgency<\/p>\n

Van Rooyen was from the 2 Field Engineer Regiment in Kroonstad.<\/p>\n

A Southern African Development Community Extra-Ordinary Summit of Heads of State and Governments, held in Maputo in June last year, approved a regional mission to assist Mozambique, called SAMIM.<\/p>\n

The mission comprises forces from SA, Angola, Botswana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lesotho, Malawi, Tanzania and Zambia.<\/p>\n

President Cyril Ramaphosa initially deployed 1 495 SANDF members in July last year. It has since been extended to April 2023, at a cost of R2.8 billion.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About South-Africa<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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