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State Security Minister Ayanda Dlodlo said even before the rioting and looting started in KwaZulu-Natal over the weekend, the State Security Agency (SSA) had had discussions with the police service. (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
ZUMAUNREST

No plans for state of emergency, says security cluster

Police, State Security Agency were not ‘missing in action’, says Minister Ayanda Dlodlo of violence and pillaging sweeping across parts of South Africa

  • Khaya Koko
3 min read
President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the SANDF deployment in his 12 February State of the Nation Address.
COLLINS KHOSA

Ramaphosa announces ‘substantial changes’ to armed forces leadership

The SANDF has made headlines over the past year for all the wrong reasons. The new appointments to the Military Command Council aim to offer stability

  • Eunice Masson
3 min read