The deployment of the police, the army and other law-enforcement agencies will be determined and guided by structured threat analysis and crime patterns.
“Over and above the physical deployments of SAPS officers at voting districts, reserve forces from the police are on standby to provide additional assistance should the need arise in and around the identified hotspot areas.
Modise said SANDF members were on standby to be deployed in support of the police and the IEC should a need arise. Their key responsibility would be protecting national key points and other strategic installations, she said. Her police colleague Bheki Cele said four provinces — KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng, Western Cape and Eastern Cape — were regarded as hotspots for violence ahead of the elections.
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