SANDF soldiers arrive in Eldorado Park, Riverlea and Westbury

Thabiso Tema, POWER BREAKFAST host, speaks to Shaquill Kasan – Community Leader in the Housing Portfolio at the Gauteng Housing Crisis Committee (GHCC), and Ian Cameron – Chairperson of Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Police, about how, on 11 March 2026, soldiers from the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) arrived in Eldorado Park, a suburb of Johannesburg, as part of a government initiative to bolster the efforts of the South African Police Service (SAPS) in tackling rising crime. The deployment forms part of “Operation Prosper,” a nationwide strategy announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa during his recent State of the Nation Address, aimed at combating gang violence, illegal mining, and organised crime across multiple provinces.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.