Private Nomathemba Ngeleka, the 5SAI-UN soldier who was murdered by her boyfriend in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in October last year, had a full military funeral in November last year.
Private Ngeleka joined the South African army in 2011 and was based at 5 South African Infantry Battalion (5SAI) in Ladysmith.
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On October 27 last year, her boyfriend is alleged to have shot and killed her before turning the gun on himself.
Ngeleka had been in a relationship with him for five years.
Both soldiers were rushed to a hospital in Goma, a major city in the DRC, where Private Ngeleka was declared dead on arrival. Her boyfriend is still in a critical condition in a DRC hospital.
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