We are not a fascist country. How can the minister of police jump from swearing at criminals to touting military weapons as a solution to ordinary crime?
The problem with Mbalula is that he thinks that pointing a machine gun at a person, whether he is a thug or thief, is a solution to lowering crime in the country. Mbalula, please depend on the police for now. Time will tell whether the military can be used to curb crime in South Africa.
Eldridge Katse,Soweto
Using the army to fight crime will be a bad move
Image: LULAMILE FENI
The SA government is going back to being a military state.
The problem with our current government is that the minister of police [Fikile Mbalula] can't even handle a pistol but he is now rushing to use people who are handling rifles, sub-machine guns, bazookas and so on.
OPINION: Using the South African army to fight crime is a bad idea: here’s why
We are not a fascist country. How can the minister of police jump from swearing at criminals to touting military weapons as a solution to ordinary crime?
The problem with Mbalula is that he thinks that pointing a machine gun at a person, whether he is a thug or thief, is a solution to lowering crime in the country. Mbalula, please depend on the police for now. Time will tell whether the military can be used to curb crime in South Africa.
Eldridge Katse,Soweto
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