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Why are SA taxpayers paying for soldiers sent to the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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President Cyril Ramaphosa has ordered the deployment of 2 900 members of the South African National Defense Force (SANDF) to assist in the fight against illegal armed groups in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).