{"id":93832,"date":"2025-12-05T19:57:49","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T19:57:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/holomisa-unhappy-with-sandf-generals-over-drc-status"},"modified":"2025-12-05T20:41:45","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T20:41:45","slug":"holomisa-unhappy-with-sandf-generals-over-drc-status","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/holomisa-unhappy-with-sandf-generals-over-drc-status","title":{"rendered":"Holomisa Unhappy With SANDF Generals Over DRC Status"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>The Joint Committee was discussing a report by the SANDF on the state of preparedness for any future deployment for peacekeeping in the DRC.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Defence Minister Bantu Holomisa has voiced his frustrations at being sidelined by army generals about the state of the country&#8217;s Defence Force deployment to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).<\/p>\n<p>Holomisa and members of the Joint Defence Committee also slammed the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) Generals for poor preparation for their presentation at Friday&#8217;s meeting.<\/p>\n<p>The Joint Committee was discussing a report by the SANDF on the state of preparedness for any future deployment for peacekeeping in the DRC.<\/p>\n<p>Lieutenant-General Siphiwe Sangweni gave the committee a brief presentation on the deployment to the DRC and how it was being terminated due to the UN having challenges with funding missions globally.<\/p>\n<p>But members were left unimpressed with the lack of detail.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Minister Bantu Holomisa also said he only received the presentation on Friday and was not briefed beforehand.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI only got the presentation at about 8 o&#8217;clock this morning. So, this is unacceptable,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Holomisa added that he will escalate the matter to the highest office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I&#8217;m going to talk to the Minister and the President and the Commander of the SANDF to say when they appointed me, they said I&#8217;ve got a little bit of experience in the Defence Force, but if they are going to sideline me, it&#8217;s not going to work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Committee is planning to hold a special meeting to discuss the issue before the next deployment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">South-Africa<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. The Joint Committee was discussing a report by the SANDF on the state of preparedness for any future deployment for peacekeeping in the DRC. 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