South Africa is hopeful that ongoing talks in the Democratic Republic of Congo between government and opposition leaders will lead to general elections some time this year. In 2016, President Joseph Kabila postponed the polls indefinitely citing financial and logistical constraints. This sparked violence in various parts of the country. However in December last year - government and the opposition agreed to continued dialogue that would lead to a new peaceful transition. Noma Bolani spoke to South Africa's Deputy Ambassador to the DRC, Luvuyo Ndimeni and South Africa's Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa Nqakula, over stability and peacekeeping concerns leading up to the vote. She filed this report from Goma in the DRC..