SANDF spokesperson Siphiwe Dlamini said the deployment was to place the officers at national key points.
Yesterday, soldiers armed with rifles could be seen outside the SABC Henley Studio Park, while others patrolled outside.
According to Ntuli: “This deployment is in light of the recent unrest. As a national key point area, delivering an essential service to the nation, and considering the recent attacks on the SABC journalists, it was deemed necessary that the physical premises and the employees working in these offices be protected.
“The SABC dismisses, with the necessary contempt, the misleading and malicious allegations that there is an ulterior motive for the presence of the members of SANDF on its premises. In the exercise of their responsibilities, the members of the SANDF engage with the SABC’s internal security to familiarise themselves with some internal security processes and national key point activities, including News.
She added while the SABC has no evidence that any SANDF personnel were in the newsroom, the public broadcaster would like to make it clear that any presence by SANDF personnel in the newsroom would be unacceptable and not in line with the SABC’s public mandate and editorial policies. Other staff members also denied any interference with their jobs, saying that the army was patrolling and protecting their premises.
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