Army would be welcome on Table Mountain
Leonard Ramatlakane’s comments that tourists would not be comfortable with troops patrolling the mountain are interesting (August 27).
I travel extensively and all over the world I have seen troops in uniform protecting tourist sites. Tourists, in fact, welcome the presence of security personnel. Maybe Ramatlakane hasn’t seen the big guns slung over the shoulders of police at OR Tambo Airport. What would the tourists say about that? I suspect his comments have more to do with face-saving as it might be perceived that the police cannot handle the situation.
It’s the same response we get when we say bring the troops in to help with the crime situation. The law, in fact, provides for the SANDF to support the police in special circumstances.
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30 Août 2007 à 16:55 dans
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