TimesLIVE reports that President Cyril Ramaphosa has extended the deployment of SA soldiers to Mozambique's terrorist-ravaged Cabo Delgado province by another three months, at a cost of almost R1bn.

“This serves to inform the National Assembly that I have extended the employment of 1,495 SANDF personnel for service in fulfilment of an international obligation towards SADC, to support Mozambique to combat the acts of terrorism and violent extremists in Cabo Delgado province,” Ramaphosa advised in a letter dated 15 October to National Assembly speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula. He indicated that the extension would be for three months from 15 October to 15 January 2022 at an expected cost of R984,368,057. SA soldiers have been in Mozambique since 15 July and were initially deployed for three months.   Mozambique was besieged in March by insurgents allegedly linked to Islamic State who overran the gas fields town of Palma, killing dozens of people and displacing many.

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Andisiwe Makinana at TimesLIVE

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