Paratroopers and helicopters are to descend on several Bloemfontein suburbs from early on Friday morning as the first phase of one of the largest SA National Defence Force exercises in recent years kicks into gear.
Analysts and political parties agreed on Monday that right-wing elements who had ”declared war” on the government and were plotting to overthrow it by armed force posed little real danger.
Elliot and Cala in the Eastern Cape were still cut off from the national power grid and road contact with the outside world on Sunday afternoon.