Delivering the State of the Province Address (SOPA) at Nasrec in Johannesburg on Monday, Lesufi confirmed that soldiers have ...

The deployment comes after more than 600 people from the Sporong informal settlement in the West Rand were chased away from their homes by the illegal miners.

The Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans said while South Africa’s high murder rate demands ...

The intervention is expected to support SAPS operations in high-risk areas, while ensuring that constitutional mandates and ...

Gauteng welcomes deployment of SANDF to province ; Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi has welcomed the deployment of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers to the province to support ...

SANDF deployment a measured decision, says President ; President Cyril Ramaphosa has moved to assure the nation that the deployment of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) within the ...

Ramaphosa said the deployment has been necessitated by the surge in violent organised crime that was threatening both ...

Panyaza Lesufi has described the move to deploy SANDF soldiers in the battle against illegal mining in the province as a ...

Premier Panyaza Lesufi backed President Cyril Ramaphosa’s decision to deploy soldiers to support police in combating illegal mining and gang violence.

Following President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement that the South African National Defence Fore (SANDF) would be deployed domestically to fight crime, ...

The cost of deploying the SANDF in tackling gang violence and illegal mining in the Western Cape, Gauteng and the Eastern Cape has not yet been established.

Gauteng province has deployed over 450 soldiers to combat the escalating crisis of illegal mining and gangsterism, as Premier Panyaza Lesufi reveals during the State of the Province Address.