By Thapelo Molefe The deployment of 3,405 South African National Defence Force (SANDF) members to support police during anti-illegal immigration protests and planned nationwide demonstrations cost taxpayers an estimated R54.6 million, Parliament heard on Thursday. The Department of Defence briefed the Joint Standing Committee on Defence and Military Veterans (JSCDMV) on Operation Prosper, a contingency deployment authorised by President Cyril Ra…
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