Overview
- Soldiers stopped the group on 26 December at the Groblersbridge Border Post outside Lephalale, according to an SANDF spokesperson.
- Rifleman T. M. Mokoena sustained a forearm stab wound during the operation and subdued the aggressor without using deadly force.
- The detained Zimbabwean nationals were handed over to South African Immigration Services in good health and without injury.
- SANDF described the influx and the confrontational behavior encountered over the festive period as an unusual operational challenge.
- Mpumalanga Police said a human head was recovered near the Mozambique border in a developing investigation tied to two soldiers swept away by floodwaters on Christmas Day near the Macadamia military base.