Military activities leading up to Armed Forces Day on the 21st of February this month will officially kick off today in Richards Bay, KZN. This is as Russia and China are expected to participate in Exercise Mosi II, a multilateral maritime exercise hosted by South Africa. Armed Forces Day commemorates the worst naval tragedy in South Africa's history - the sinking of the troopship SS Mendi In the English Channel which saw the death of 600 countrymen. For more on this, Elvis Presslin spoke to Siphiwe Dlamini, Head of Communication in the Department of Defence and asked him how the flooding has affected them in the province