The body of a Sandf soldier which was shot dead in Mozambique has arrived in South Africa for burial.
Th member of the South African Defense Forces (SANDF) was killed by insurgents in Mozambique.
On Tuesday the SANDF confirmed in a statement that its member was shot dead during an attack in the Chai village on Monday.
According to multiple sources, troops managed to fight through the ambush.
However, while at the rendezvous waiting for a chopper, the insurgents attacked them again.
He was part of a group sent to Cabo Delgado region on a SADC mission to fight militants there.
The violence in Cabo Delgado has escalated in the last year, offsetting major gas exploration projects and raising fears that it could spread to neighbouring countries.
According to the United Nations, the assault has driven around 800 000 people from their homes and claimed the lives of more than 2 800 people – half of them civilians.
Earlier this year, Mozambique lodged an official request for military intervention from neighbouring countries to help quell a jihadist insurgency in the mineral-rich country.
