The deployment of the defence
force to crime-stricken Cape town communities was a success, Defence Minister
Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula. Responding to questions in the National Council of
Provinces yesterday with other ministers. Soldiers were eventually sent in to
help law enforcement bodies tackle gangs, after years of promises. She says the
challenge facing violent Cape Town goes deeper than just effective policing and
has everything to do with social-economic conditions of the people of Western
Cape. Mapisa Nqakula added that the army was never designed toaddress internal
crime issues but when the state’s control was being undermined, SANDF was
mandated by law to support police.
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Jasmine Johnson-Mazwi
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