President Cyril Ramaphosa sought to associate the struggles of disenfranchised South Africans with the disturbing events.
After looting and violence in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal left six people dead and over 200 arrested, President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed the nation on 12 July 2021. Ramaphosa announced that the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) will be deployed to assist the police.
The South African National Defence Force will be sending soldiers into the streets that have seen anarchy over the weekend after riots.
Two Lesotho soldiers were arrested a month ago, and their defence force said they had had little assistance to release the pair who were pursuing an alleged cross-border theft.
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.
