Police minister Bheki Cele announced in his budget vote speech last week that President Cyril Ramaphosa had approved the deployment of the army to some of Cape Town's townships, but soldiers are yet to hit the ground.
She said it was always better to have an element of surprise when moving on an operation such as the one the government plans to initiate on the Cape Flats.
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