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The South African National Assembly has scheduled a snap debate on a matter of urgent public importance: The recent casualties incurred by the SANDF in the DRC and their implications for the defence force. The debate will take place on Mon 10 Feb 2025 at 14:00

President of Rwanda Paul Kagame: I held two conversations this week with President Ramaphosa on the situation in Eastern DRC, including earlier today. What has been said about these conversations in the media by South African officials and President Ramaphosa himself contains a lot of distortion, deliberate attacks, and even lies. If words can change so much from a conversation to a public statement, it says a lot about how these very important issues are being managed. A few important clarifications for the record: 1. The Rwanda Defence Force is an army, not a militia. 2. SAMIDRC is not a peacekeeping force, and it has no place in this situation. It was authorized by SADC as a belligerent force engaging in offensive combat operations to help the DRC Government fight against its own people, working alongside genocidal armed groups like FDLR which target Rwanda, while also threatening to take the war to Rwanda itself.

President of the Republic of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa: Following the recent intensification of fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Africa has lost 13 brave soldiers who were dedicated to their mission and committed to peace. The fighting is the result of an escalation by the rebel group M23 and Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) militia engaging the Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC) and attacking peacekeepers from the SADC Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (SAMIDRC)

Over 6,000 Prisoners, Including Islamic State Mozambique (ISM/ShabaabCult) Militants, Escape From Maputo Central Prison Amid Election Protests in Maputo, Mozambique

Earthquake of magnitude 5.3 - 101 km W of Brandvlei, South Africa

Irish Foreign Minister: Government has agreed to intervene in South Africa's case against Israel at the International Court of Justice

South Africa's border with Mozambique temporarily closed due to election protests

Bolivia filed a declaration of intervention in the case concerning the Application of the Convention the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v Israel)

The Maldives filed a declaration of intervention in the case concerning the Application of the Convention the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v Israel)

Heavy snowfall between Johannesburg and durban on the N3 route in SouthAfrica

It is snowing in South Africa. There is snowfall in Eastern Cape, KwaZulu Natal, Free State and Gauteng

Snowfall in Ladysmith, South Africa

Two South African news outlets have confirmed that the 95 Libyan fighters receiving military training in South Africa were sent by Khalifa Haftar’s armed coalition

Saudi Crown Prince and South African President discuss ways to enhance and develop bilateral relations between the two countries in a number of areas

The government-owned container flats in Alexandra have been occupied again. Security that was guarding the place was chased away last night and their vehicle torched. On Sunday, Joburg EFF PR cllr, Moshe Mpahlele, was shot dead during a protest outside the flats. TCG

The former PA of @AceMagashule has been been extradited from the United States of America. She is expected to land in South Africa later this afternoon.

South Sudan's president travels to South_Africa to brief President Ramaphosa on the progress of the ongoing Nairobi Tumaini peace Initiative. South Africa is one of the guarantors of the South Sudanese peace agreement

The South African Defense Forces announces a mortar attack on one of its bases in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

South African opposition leader says coalition deal done

Five African countries—Kenya, Algeria, Egypt, South Africa, and Tunisia—are invited to attend the G7 meeting in Puglia, Italy, from June 13-15

Spain will ask a U.N. court to join South Africa’s case accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza. Several non-European nations have already made the request

South Africa's ANC vote under 42% after two-thirds counted, all but certain to lose outright majority

South Africa tells World Court it seeks aditional measures against Israel "due to continuing annihilation of the Palestinian people"

The Turkish Foreign Ministry announces its joining with South Africa in the genocide case against Israel

In new al-Naba, Islamic State claims to have shot down a helicopter with a South African pilot on board in Macomia region of Cabo Delgado. Also informs on various operations in northern Nampula and other places, with villages abandoned by security forces for days

Turkish President Erdogan: “The butcher Netanyahu has to be brought to justice.” “Right now our people are engaged in a joint effort with South Africa at the International Court of Justice.”

South Africa's ex-parliament speaker arrested in graft probe: prosecutors

Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman: South Africa continues to represent the interests of Hamas and we are committed to respecting international law

SouthAfrica asked the International Court of Justice @CIJ_ICJ ICJ to indicate additional provisional measures in connection with Israel's planned offensive on Rafah. A short explainer:The South African Government has made an urgent request to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to consider whether the decision announced by Israel to extend its military operations in Rafah, which is the last refuge for surviving people in Gaza, requires that the court uses…

South African Foreign Minister: All countries are obligated to stop funding Israeli military operations