If need be, the army will be deployed to violence-hit Mamelodi, where minibus taxi operators have been protesting about a new bus service, Gauteng Premier David Makhura said on Sunday.
Operation Fiela, involving several government agencies including the police, metro police and Department of Home Affairs, has already started in Mamelodi as government pushes to restore order and stability in the township outside Pretoria, he said.
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