Memorial Service for Slain S African Soldiers

President Jacob Zuma is expected to address the families of the slain 13 soldiers who were killed in combat in the Central African Republic. Opposition political party, the Democratic Alliance are still questioning why the soldiers were sent to CAR in the first place.

South African soldiers carry the coffins of their fallen colleagues who died during a battle with rebels in the Central African Republic to hearses at Waterkloof Air Force Base in Pretoria.

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