South Africa's post-apartheid leaders have failed to properly prepare the military for secondary roles such as peacekeeping, let alone to a fight a virusconver
The party said members of the public could report acts of assault, humiliation or bribery by law-enforcement officials during the lockdown period.
While the final command will come from the president, a classified memo doing the rounds show the military have been ordered to prepare to help combat Covid-19.
Twelve soldiers appeared in court on charges of negligent loss of weapons, theft and housebreaking after 19 R4 automatic rifles were stolen from the army’s arsenal.
Families of the suspects walked out of the military court in tears, hugging each other as their loved ones were denied bail.
She’s set up an external task team to probe the matter. The task team will be looking into cases from 2014.
SANDF said the man had gone to collect livestock from a member of the community last week but failed to return.
The event aims to highlight the significant role of women in conflict prevention globally.
President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday announced the extension of the army’s deployment in gang-ravaged areas in Cape Town until the end March next year.
The president has extended the SANDF’s deployment gang-infested Western Cape communities until the end of March 2020.
The South African National Defence Force arrived in Cape Town on 18 July 2019, one week after Police Minister Bheki Cele announced troops would be deployed to gang-plagued areas on the Cape Flats to assist the South African Police Service.
The issue came to light after Major Fatima Isaacs was slapped with disciplinary action for refusing to remove her hijab.
Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula on Tuesday presented the Department of Defence’s R50.5 billion budget at Parliament.
The government will come up with plans to tackle gang violence.
It’s still unclear when the army will enter gang-ravaged communities in the Mother City.
The South African National Defence Force is preparing to move into suburbs in the Mother City to try curb gang-related violence and gangsterism.
For months, community policing forums (CPFs) have been calling for the deployment of more police officers to areas severely affected by gang violence due to the rise in gang-related murders this year.
Police Minister Bheki Cele's spokesperson confirmed this to Eyewitness News on Thursday night.
