PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa has authorised the deployment of the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) to quell the rampant looting and wanton destruction of property in Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and some parts of the country.
The military had been deployed in support of the police, said Ramaphosa.
Protests erupted in KwaZulu-Natal after former president Jacob Zuma was sentenced to 15 months by Constitutional Court for defying a order to appear before the State Capture Inquiry chaired by Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo.
Addressing the nation on Monday, Ramaphosa condemned the unrest as “opportunistic acts of criminality” and said the SANDF was being deployed to restore calm.“Parts of the country are reeling from days and nights of public violence, destruction of property and looting of a sort rarely seen before in the history of our democracy,” said Ramaphosa.
“It started with the burning of trucks at Mooi River in KwaZulu-Natal. Gauteng has experienced
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