Media Alert: Joint Standing Committee on Defence to Consider Deployment of SANDF for Local Government Elections

Parliament, Friday, 29 October 2021- The Joint Standing Committee on Defence will today consider the letter of the President to Parliament on the employment of members of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) for service to cooperate with the South African National Police Service to ensure a safe and secure environment to conduct the Local Government Elections 2021.

The letter is as per Section 201 (3) and (4) of the Constitution that compels the President to inform Parliament of any deployment of the SANDF. The President authorised the employment of the ten thousand (10 000) members of the SANDF for the period from 30 October 2021 to 03 November 2021 with the expected R47.2 million cost to be incurred for the employment of members of the SANDF.

Details of the meeting
Date: Friday, 29 October 2021
Venue: Virtual platform
Time: 10:00

ISSUED BY THE PARLIAMENTARY COMMUNICATION SERVICES ON BEHALF OF THE CO-CHAIRPERSONS OF THE JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON DEFENCE, MR CYRIL XABA AND MR MAMAGASE NCHABELENG

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