65 The South Africa’s Peace-building Interventions in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Insights from the Congolese refugees in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban DOI: https://doi.org/10.31920/2056-5658/2019/v6n1a4 Joseph Makanda School of Social Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa E-mail: makandaj@ukzn.ac.za & Maheshvari Naidu School of Social Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa ………………………………………………………………………… Abstract Although studies on the influx of refugees in South Africa have elicited numerous works, no analysis adequately accounts for the views of Congolese on the role of South Africa‟s peace building interventions in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). This is an empirical paper that systematically draws on the insights and views of Congolese refugees in the South African cities of Journal of African Foreign Affairs (JoAFA) ISSN 2056-5658 (Online) ISSN 2056-564X (Print)  Indexed at: EBSCO, ProQuest, J-Gate, JSTOR and Sabinet  Accredited by IBSS Volume 6, Number 1, April 2019 pp 65-84