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*Title: * South Africa: Army to be redeployed along border *Author: * Correspondent *Category: * Zimbabwe *Date: * 4/2/2010 *Source: * Daily News *Source Website: * thedailynewszw.com <http://www.africafiles.org/database/thedailynewszw.com> *African Charter Article# 23: * All peoples shall have the right to national and international peace and security. ** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *SA army to be redeployed along border* http://www.thedailynewszw.com/?p=28559 South Defence and Military Veterans ministry on Thursday said soldiers will be redeployed to assist law enforcement agencies in patrolling the borders of Zimbabwe, Botswana and Mozambique to control border jumpers from Zimbabwe. The /SA National Defence Force/ is deploying from different bases across the country and troops have been mobilised and are currently being briefed and prepared for the journey back to the border from April 12, 2010, Minister Lindiwe Sisulu said. Although the South African government relaxed its immigration laws on Zimbabweans by scrapping the visa requirements just after the formation of a coalition government, Zimbabweans are finding it very difficult to renew or obtain new passports because of the scarcity of American dollars used as legal tender in the country. Since a decade ago thousands of Zimbabweans cross the border into South Africa daily fleeing economic hardship, political turmoil and a critical lack of access to health care in their homeland. We are ready for the task. The SANDF is deploying on the borders of /South Africa and Botswana, Zimbabwe/ and /Mozambique/, Sisulu said. According to South African human rights organization /Solidarity Peace Trust/ (SPT) Johannesburg has been subjected to a clean-up campaign ahead of the World Cup, which South Africa will host from June 11 to July 11 and the main target being Zimbabweans living at the Central Methodist Church and cross border traders. Fears are growing here that thousands of Zimbabweans will jump borders coming to South Africa during the 2010 world Cup smuggling commodities for cross border trading. In a ministerial statement issued Thursday Sisulu was satisfied with the process of redeploying the troops following a briefing by SANDF chief General Godfrey Ngwenya, the ministry said. SPT on Wednesday released a report saying Zimbabweans in South Africa were being targeted by a clean-up ahead of the football World Cup in South Africa. The report estimates there are one million Zimbabweans living in South Africa. Following a briefing by the chief of the SANDF, the minister of defence and military veterans is satisfied with the process being implemented to redeploy the SANDF to support other law enforcement agencies currently patrolling and managing South African borders. The ministry said advance technical teams consisting of engineers, communication experts and logistics were currently on the borders, finalising the establishment of headquarters and all other necessary infrastructure for the full return of soldiers. Sisulu said initially the SANDF will support and complement other law enforcement agencies on the borders. She said that over time more soldiers would patrol the borders, allowing members of the /South African Police Service/ to be deployed to other areas. We are going back to the border under the /South African Border Management Agency/ that was approved by Cabinet, Sisulu said. ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
