The SANDF have been deployed to restore law and order after days of protests and looting.
President Cyril Ramaphosa spoke about the violence in his address to the nation on Sunday. File photo.Opinions are divided over the cabinet's decision to deploy the SA National Defence Force to restore order, as protests and looting grip the country. broke out in Gauteng at the weekend after days of protests in KwaZulu-Natal linked to the incarceration of former president Jacob Zuma.
“The deployment will commence as soon as all deployment processes are `in place,” it said, adding that the “duration and number of deploying soldiers will be determined based on the assessment of the situation on the ground by the relevant law enforcement agencies”.On Sunday, NatJoints spokesperson Col Brenda Muridili said the police had arrested 62 suspects in the two provinces, including 18 suspects in Alexandra.
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