By Khanyisa Tabata
06 November 2009
The Minister of Defence has announced that two members of the South African National Defence Force were killed during a failed parachute jump in Bloemfontein yesterday.
Both members were part of the January 2009 Military Skills Development Systems intake.
When the incident happened they were undergoing scheduled static line parachute training as part of their final phase of qualifying them as paratroopers.
An investigation by South African Police and a Board of Inquiry by South African National Defence Force has been convened.
The members, 23-year-old Rifleman John Mpshe from Brits and 22-year-old Rifleman Thabang Mokoena from Wepener in the Free State, where members of 44 Parachute Regiment based at Tempe.
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