Listen to Article SANDF PREPARES FOR 2010 WORLD CUP
Massive security exercises to prepare for the 2010 World Cup will be held in Port Elizabeth, Bloemfontein and the northern provinces before the end of the year, the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) said on Wednesday.
Briefing reporters on the work of the Joint Operations Division of the SANDF, Rear Admiral Philip Schöultz said the Army, Navy, Air Force and Medical Health Services would take part in the exercises in the host cities.
"2010 is not just during 2010, it started a year ago and there are a series of (security) events," Schöultz said.
The police were responsible for securing the World Cup but would be relying heavily on the defence force to provide support.
Most of planning and training were done jointly.
The exercises planned this year for Port Elisabeth, Bloemfontein, Gauteng the North West and Limpopo and next year for KwaZulu-Natal would be similar to Exercise Green point which saw hundreds of security personnel, ground, air and sea, dealing with a variety of simulated threats around Cape Town.
In the meantime, the defence force was finalising its plans for the actual event which included the possibility that all ships entering South African waters would be searched 10 nautical miles off the coast, the deployment of standby reaction forces near every World Cup venue and manned posts along the major routes on which visitors would travel.
SANDF plans also included strategies on how to deal with chemical and biological attacks and planning for constant air patrols by the Air Force.
"I still don't think people realise just how massive a thing the World Cup is," Schöultz said.
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23 Avril 2008 à 09:59 dans
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