Talk is over, the country needs action says Chief Zwelivelile Mandla Mandela ahead of the State of the Nation address

But the biggest internal deployment since 1994 is not without challenges, as food, fuel and simply getting to the hotspots are problems facing the SANDF’s deployment

Police Minister Nkosinathi Nhleko has been given 30 days to hand over the national key points list to the Right2Know Campaign and SA History Archive.

The Johannesburg high court has found that disclosing the locations of 200 key points would not, as the state said, prejudice national security.

The counsel for the Right2Know Campaign argued that Minister of Police, Nkosinathi Nhleko’s arguments "don’t stand up to logical scrutiny".

In Nkandla, among those who live virtually in the shadow of the presidential compound, its status as a national key point is effectively meaningless.