CAPE TOWN - Parliament will hold an urgent debate to discuss the deployment of South African troops to the DRC.
The special sitting comes after the deaths of 14 soldiers killed in the east of that country.
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They were repelling M23 rebels trying to make their way to the North Kivu capital of Goma.
MPs will discuss operational reasons for the deployment and if the mission is adequately resourced.
President Cyril Ramaphosa ordered the National Flag to be flown at half-mast for one week starting last Friday.