By Ofentse Mokae
30 August 2009
Security forces have been placed on high alert after an intelligence report warned of an alleged plot by disgruntled South African soldiers.
The intelligence report says the plot is to abduct top military officials, including Defence Minister Lindiwe Sisulu.
Reports says acting chief of the South African National Defence Force, Lieutenant-General Themba Matanzima said that several soldiers were under investigation and some faced charges of rebellion.
They face dismissal if convicted.
The alleged plot was first revealed in an affidavit by Matanzima, filed in the High Court in Pretoria on Tuesday,
It says that Military Intelligence had exposed a plan to kidnap senior military officials at a function at a military base earlier this month.
Earlier former housing minister Sisulu was on hot heals with the security forces.
The South African Security Forces Union called on its national leadership to analyse the performance of the minister as well as her fitness to hold office.
It accused Sisulu of ignoring the need to engage with them against the backdrop of impoverished soldiers’ condition.
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