MUSINA - South Africas main opposition has urged the government to reject the South African Defence Forces (SANDF) request to take over security at the South Africa-Zimbabwe Border post. Democratic Alliances David Maynier, who is the Shadow Minister of Defence and Military Veterans, described the proposal as a step backwards and a recipe for less security on the countrys borders in 2010.
If the defence force’s proposal is implemented there may be a fewer members of security services patrolling our borders, less money spent on borderline security and as a result our borders could be less secure – not more secure – in the 2010/2011 Financial Year. This raises serious doubts about whether our borders will be properly protected during World Cup 2010, he told ***The Zimbabwean.
Last week, the portfolio committee on defence and military veterans received a briefing on “Operation Corona” – a proposal to redeploy the military on South Africas landward borders in phases between 2010 and 2014 – by members of the SANDF.
If the proposal is approved, then from 01 April 2010 the defence force will begin deploying approximately 540 soldiers on the South Africa/Zimbabwe and South Africa/Mozambique landward borders and spend approximately R135 million on borderline security during the 2010/2011 Financial Year.
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