What has the recent violent unrest taught the SANDF
25 000 members of the SANDF were deployed in support of the Saps during the violent unrest in KwaZulu-Nata and Gauteng.
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JSCD concerned about intelligence shortcoming during civil unrest
defenceWeb Written by defenceWeb - Cleaning up in Gauteng after rioting and looting last month. Intelligence, more specifically a lack of it, as well as unsuitability of current SA Army equipment to deal with civil unrest are two over-riding concerns expressed by Parliament’s Joint Standing Committee on Defence (JSCD) following oversight visits to Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal. A 13-page report, adopted by one of two oversight committees tasked with defence, noted a lack of strategic intelligence in both provinces brought into question “the capabilities of the strategic intelligence services...
Source: defenceweb.co.za
'The situation is bad': State hopes 25,000 troops w...
Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula was praised by MPs when she told a parliamentary portfolio committee on Wednesday that the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) will increase its deployment to trouble spots to 25,000. This is the SANDF’s biggest deployment since 1994, according to Darren Olivier, director at African Defence Review. He pointed out on Twitter that this number “means reaching to the very back of the cupboard and taking everything that can move, no matter the cost or sustainability. It leaves nothing in reserve & halts all other SANDF duties & commitments. It’s a ref...
Source: dailymaverick.co.za