Soldiers are to be sent to gang-ridden areas in the Western Cape and other parts of the country by Christmas, national police minister Fikile Mbalula said in Cape Town on Wednesday.
"It is going to happen. We are processing it in terms of the operational plan, thereafter the president will give us the green light. It will happen before Christmas," he told a briefing at the Philippi East police station.
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