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Mrs Zikalala 'refused orders' Mrs Zikalala 'refused orders'

Pretoria - The defence force (SANDF) denied reports on Tuesday that Major Mmathabo Zikalala, wife of the head of news at the SABC, Snuki Zikalala, was being investigated for refusing to do her duty.

The Beeld newspaper reported that Zikalala, who is deployed as part of the SANDF contingent in the Sudan, was going to be prosecuted after refusing to continue to work after her flight back to South Africa was delayed.

"The charges comes after she allegedly refused to see patients, to wear her uniform or do anything normally required of a soldier during deployment," reported the newspaper.

It said that she refused to work after it became clear that an aircraft that was to return her and other soldiers would arrive only at the end of the month.

In Sudan since May

Defence spokesperson Major Niko Allie denied the claims.

She is not being investigated and she did not refuse any orders," he said.

Zikalala is one of the SANDF doctors deployed as part of the African Union peace-keeping force in Sudan.

Allie said she had been in the Sudan since May and was supposed to return to South Africa on August 15.

"The period has been extended, however, and Major Zikalala will return to South Africa on August 30," he said.

- SAPA

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