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Pretoria News reports that the circumstances surrounding the untimely death of South African soldier Corporal Simanga Authur Khuselo, who was shot dead on 3 June in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), are still unknown.
Defence and Military Veterans Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula said a board of inquiry would investigate the death with a view to getting more details about what happened on the day the 34-year-old Khuselo was killed in an operation in Kilia, in eastern DRC. She was speaking on Tuesday during a military ceremony at Air Force Base Waterkloof, where Khuselo's mortal remains were handed over to his family. Mapisa-Nqakula said: "What we know is that this soldier is among those who were deployed as part of the force intervention brigade. Force intervention brigade consists of three countries – South Africa, Tanzania and Malawi. In the course of the deployment, there was something which happened and that is why it is called friendly fire." The department, she indicated, was also waiting to receive information from Munosco, the United Nations peacekeeping force in the DRC. Mapisa-Nqakula was not in a position to divulge the exact time frame of the investigation, however she said the process shouldn't take a long time to be concluded. The sombre occasion was attended by the deceased's wife Carlifornia, who broke down when a group of soldiers carried the coffin into the hearse that transported it to Phomolong Zastron in the Free State province, where he will be laid to rest on Saturday.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Rapula Moatshe at Pretoria News
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