The toughest moment in Lieutenant-Colonel Tiisetso Sekgobela’s career happened in the Democratic Republic of Congo . She was in the operations room of her base when her troops ran into an ambush by rebel forces.
At the same time, Sekgobela’s base came under fire in a separate, but synchronised attack. Her troops repelled the rebels, as she oversaw the successful extraction. “You have to act instantly, you forget whatever fear you have and you focus on how to support your troops,” she said. Sekgobela is the commanding officer of seven South African infantry battalions, the only female commander on the continent.
She was also the first female battalion commander of the UN’s Force Intervention Brigade stationed in the DRC; the global body’s only peacekeeping unit mandated to use force.
I won't let my daughter to do this shit job. None of the politicians have their daughters there to do the shit our daughters are doing.
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