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Taxi enforcement operations in CT net rogue operators, guns
Mayco member for Safety and Security, JP Smith, said that officers were monitoring ranks and routes, escorting buses and are using CCTV cameras.
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Ramaphosa confirms SANDF deployment to Mozambique to cost nearly R1bn
The amount was confirmed by President Cyril Ramaphosa, who wrote to Parliament informing the legislature that he had authorised the deployment of soldiers.
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Cape taxi violence stabillised, says WC Community Safety MEC
MEC for Community Safety Albert Fritz thanked the provincial SAPS, the SANDF and law enforcement for the efforts over the past few days.
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CT police, law enforcement on alert for threats to public transport
The police's Novela Potelwa said that law enforcement agencies were on standby to deal with any threat to services in identified hotspots on Monday morning.
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SANDF captain arrested after cash-in-transit heist in Oudtshoorn
The heist was executed at a petrol station last Monday.
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WC's Winde wants more soldiers deployed to help deal with taxi violence
A rash of shootings in Cape Town this month has left several people dead and has affected bus services.
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Under-resourced SAPS, SANDF tried their best to stop riots, looting - ISS
There are fears that South Africa's security forces were caught flat-footed during the deadly violence in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng as a result of the "complete collapse of intelligence", a financially rundown military and a challenged police service.
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Parly defence committee: There should be a specific term for the recent anarchy
President Cyril Ramaphosa has called the recent unrest a failed insurrection, but his Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has contradicted this saying it was neither a coup nor an insurrection leading to much confusion.
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Ntshavheni satisfied with security measures on N3 highway
Earlier on Monday morning, the Road Freight Association's Gavin Kelly told the 702 breakfast show that trucks using the N3 and N2 highways to transport food to shops in KwaZulu-Natal and other provinces have not been protected by soldiers or police.
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SAPS, SANDF not doing enough to protect trucks on N3 - Road Freight Association
The N3 highway connecting KwaZulu-Natal with the inland reopened on Friday after days of not being accessible due to the unrest and violence which gripped KZN and Gauteng.
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SANDF soldiers to be deployed in WC from Friday
Western Cape Premier Alan Winde said that troops would also be deployed in the province and has welcomed the move to restore calm to areas where riots were taking place.
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Ntshavheni: SANDF, SAPS deployed in Phoenix after reports of racial conflict
Acting Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshaveni also warned that communities must not take the law into their own hands.
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Presidency: 1 of 12 suspected violence instigators arrested
Acting Minister in the Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni held a media briefing to provide an update on the violence happening in parts of Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal. #ShutdownSA #ViolenceInSA
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Soldiers brought in to guard clean-up operations along N3 toll route
The 200-kilometre-long road connecting the inland with KwaZulu-Natal has been forced shut due to the instability in the area over the past few days, which led the N3 Toll Concession to remove staff and cashiers from the plazas for safety reasons.
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Mapisa-Nqakula: Security cluster was nearly caught with its pants down
Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula said President Cyril Ramaphosa was unhappy that only 2,500 soldiers had been deployed and proposed 10,000.
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Defence minister requests SANDF numbers in Gauteng, KZN be boosted to 25,000
Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula said that vehicles and helicopters would also be deployed.
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Govt confirms 208 more looting incidents overnight; 5,000 soldiers deployed
Acting Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni confirmed that another 208 incidents of looting were reported overnight and that 680 people were arrested in Gauteng and 1,068 in KwaZulu-Natal.
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‘You must be in your beds at 6pm’ - Cele and SANDF arrive in Alexandra
Police Minister Bheki Cele and the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) arrived in Alexandra on 13 July 2021. The minister was thankful to have the deployment of the military to reinforce the police in maintaining order in the township and the province. #ShutdownSA #FreeZuma #SANDF #AlexLooting
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Lubisi: SANDF deployment not too late but SA still in a dangerous situation
Former director-general in the Presidency, Cassius Lubisi warns the country was still facing a dangerous situation.
