Madiba's medical staff not on ill-fated military plane

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 The SA National Defence Force has dismissed reports that former president Nelson Mandela's medical team had been on board when a military aircraft crashed on Wednesday.

That's according to the head of communications, Siphiwe Dlamini.

Earlier, the department confirmed that the wreckage of the aircraft had been located in the Drakensberg near Ladysmith.

There were 11 people on board the Dakota aircraft which went missing after taking off from Waterkloof Airforce base en route to Mthatha.