Spokesperson for Parliament Moloto Mothapo said on Wednesday the presiding officers had received a letter from Ramaphosa on the deployment of the soldiers.
“The president indicated in his letter that the number of SANDF members employed for this service is ten thousand , and is expected to incur an expenditure of R47 249 000,” said Mothapo.
“The letter from the president will be brought to the attention of the MPs through Parliament’s official publications,” he said. KwaZulu-Natal has, in the past few weeks, seen an increase in the number of candidate councillors being killed.Yesterday, an NFP candidate councillor was killed in Nongoma. The IEC has said it would have more than 23 000 voting stations with millions of people expected to cast their ballots.
Cele said they would beef up security in hotspot areas to prevent the flare up of violence or any threat to voting.
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