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Members of the South African National Defence Force.
Western Cape Premier Alan Winde has urged caution over calls to deploy the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) to gang violence hotspots.
He says evidence, rather than public pressure, should guide the calls.
Community organisations, policing forums and civil society groups have been calling for tougher interventions.
Winde says he is not convinced that the deployment of soldiers is the right solution, despite having previously supported such a move.
“I myself am not convinced that that was the solution. In actual fact, we seem to have a whole lot more issues around the military. But I also believe in data and evidence. So, I’ve actually asked the Minister of Defence to give me the report of that last intervention of what he felt from the military side on what were the wins and the losses.”
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