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Faizel Patel – 12/07/2021
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has confirmed that it had started preparing for soldier deployment to help police in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal deal with riots.
In a statement on Monday, the SANDF said it was responding to a request from the South African Police Service’s National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure.
It said the deployment would begin as soon as preparations were complete and its mandate was strictly to help keep police safe as they carried out their duties.
“It must be emphasised that the SANDF`s deployment objective is to provide safety and a safe working environment for members of the SAPS and other law enforcement agencies whilst they carry out their constitutionally mandated law and order duties. SANDF deployment-related information updates will follow in due course.”
During his family meeting on Sunday, President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed the current violence in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng, calling it the ethnic mobilisation of people, which he said must be condemned.
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