Deploying the SANDF to help protect Eskom's assets is 'too little, too late'
Instead of patrolling neighbourhoods, the army should have been protecting power stations during lockdown, says energy expert Lungile Mashele.
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Instead of patrolling neighbourhoods, the army should have been protecting power stations during lockdown, says energy expert Lungile Mashele.
Between the 8th and 17th of July 2021, South Africa experienced violent civil unrest, mainly in parts of KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng.
What started as a logistical nightmare has dragged on for nearly nine months as more than 800 SANDF reservists are still waiting for payment after being called up for military service during the violence and looting in KwaZulu-Natal in July 2021.
What started as a logistical nightmare has dragged on for nearly nine months as more than 800 SANDF reservists are still waiting for payment after being called up for military service during the violence and looting in KwaZulu-Natal in July 2021.
The Defence Intelligence (DI) of the South African army, by law, is not allowed to collect intelligence within the country, hence their limited role in assessing the dangers posed by last year's July unrest.