The government has decided to extend the deployment of soldiers for another three months to fight the spread of Covid-19 and this would cost R1.5 billion. lockdown
This follows a letter from President Cyril Ramaphosa to Speaker Thandi Modise and National Council of Provinces Amos Masondo on the extension of the deployment to fight the spread of Covid-19.
In his letter to Modise and Masondo the president said there was a need to increase soldiers on the ground. “The President states that his decision to extend employment of the 20 000 SANDF members from 27 June to 30 September is in terms of Section 201 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 read with Sections 18 and 19 of the Defence Act of 2002 ,” said Parliament.
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