By Akani Nkuna
Acting Police Minister Firoz Cachalia on Wednesday cautioned against perceptions that the deployment of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) would definitively eradicate crime.
“The deployment of SANDF is not being presented as a panacea or as a magic bullet. The deployment of the army is for a stabilisation strategy, to create space for the implementation of an organised crime strategy,” he said while addressing a joint meeting of the Portfolio Committee on Police and Mineral and Petroleum Resources.
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“There are going to be very serious challenges in implementing an organised crime strategy, because the implementation strategy is going to require a significant re-organisation, resourcing and re-capacitation of SAPS. We need a new paradigm embodied in this organised crime strategy.”
He said that heightened military visibility would increase law enforcement capabilities
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