President Cyril Ramaphosa is deploying army to fight construction mafia and illegal mining
The South African National Defence Union has welcomed President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement of the deployment of the army to areas in which the construction mafia and
Sandu’s statement comes after Ramaphosa confirmed last Thursday that he had sent a letter to the National Assembly Speaker, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, and National Council of Provinces chairperson, Amos Masondo, stating that he was deploying more than 800 soldiers to fight crime in the country. “The most important thing here is the difference between soldiers being involved in assisting the police in combating crime in the normal sense of the word and the specific scenario is that we all know that these Zama Zamas are apparently heavily armed and are very unscrupulous and they don’t mind getting involved in gun fights and so I think probably soldiers are best qualified to go and handle that situation,” Greeff says.
“What really we are talking about is an occupation of certain areas, it’s like invading a certain area and simply holding the fort there, and that is what will be needed, and of course that is what you need the military for,” Greeff adds.
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