Protection services within the SA Police Service [Saps] have a budget of over R3 billion a year to ensure security at national key points.While the attack on the SA Broadcasting Corporation studios in Bloemfontein last weekend has been seen as an isolated incident, it has become the latest in the growing list of the country’s national key points to be targeted by criminals, pointing to weaknesses in the state security machinery.
The riots in KwaZulu-Natal and parts of Gauteng last July; the recent burning of parliament and an attack on the Constitutional Court have exposed national key points to be in a state of vulnerability, with security analysts on Monday saying there were serious security lapses. “Certainly, there is a need to look at what South Africa’s strategic assets are, with important places like parliament – an important part of our democracy – being adequately protected.
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