By Akani Nkuna
The Joint Standing Committee on Defence has expressed serious concern over a circulating video that allegedly shows members of the SA National Defence Force assisting police at a recent #JusticeForCwecwe protest in Matatiele, Eastern Cape.
The committee has vowed to act swiftly, calling on Defence Minister Angie Motshekga as well as the chief of SANDF to urgently confirm the video’s authenticity and explain the circumstances surrounding the army’s reported presence at the demonstration.
The protests across the country over the rape of a seven-year-old girl, allegedly at Bergview College in Matatiele.
“While employment of members of the SANDF is a prerogative of the president and the Minister, Section 18 (2) and (3) of the Defence Act stipulates that of the president or the minister employs members of the SANDF internally as the Section 201 (2) of the Constitution, they must inform Parliament promptly,” said co-chairperson of the
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