SANDF commits to investigating fire that killed six soldiers at Northern Cape army base
What started as a veld fire spread to and destroyed the SA National Defence Force's Lohatla training centre in the Northern Cape on Friday.The SANDF says it will investigate a fire that ravaged its Combat Training Centre in Lohatla in the Northern Cape on Friday.The fire is said to have originated as a wildfire in Khathu in the Gamagara Local Municipality and spread to the base, propelled by strong winds.
SANDF spokesperson Siphiwe Dlamini said an investigation was standard procedure after such an incident. Staff Sergeant Abraham Desember Morajane, Staff Sergeant Sipho Berrington Cele, Corporal Sithembiso Wiseman Ndwalane, Corporal Noxolo Faith Ngubane, Lance Corporal Prince Michael Mthethwa and Lance Corporal Londiwe Purity Zulu died in the fire.On Sunday, President Cyril Ramaphosa, the commander-in-chief of South Africa's armed forces, expressed his"profound sadness" at the deaths.
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