Kamina

Christmas came early on Monday for a group of South African soldiers deployed as part of the United Nations peacekeeping operation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Father Christmas came in the guise of Lieutenant General Rinus van Rensburg, chief of defence corporate staff, and a host of other high ranking South African National Defence Force officers.

Christmas came early on Monday for a group of 35 South African Air Force soldiers based in Kamina in the south-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). They were the first group to be visited by top-ranking officers from the South African National Defence Force who are on a goodwill tour.