The South African National Defence Force - SANDF - on Thursday confirmed the phased withdrawal of troops and equipment from the eastern DRC, three days after a parliamentarian chastised the Department of Defence for its lack of communication on the exit. The withdrawal route from Goma in eastern DRC has been confirmed to go through Rwanda to Chato in northwestern Tanzania. The SA in DRC mission faced a significant setback in January when 14 SANDF soldiers were killed during clashes with the M23 rebels over control of Goma. For more on this Bongiwe Zwane spoke to Jeff Dubazana, Chief Negotiator of the South African National Defence Union - SANDU .