The attack of key national points came under the spotlight once again after it was reported that three men were caught at the Union Buildings.
It is alleged that the three unnamed people gained access into the building and demanded that they wanted to speak to President Cyril Ramaphosa.
They threatened that they would bomb the buildings if they were not granted access to see the president.
It has emerged that a confrontation ensured between the still unidentified men and the members of the South African Police Service, who are stationed at the Union Buildings.
One of the three men threatening to bomb the building that houses the offices of Ramaphosa and his deputy, David Mabuza.
It is understood that the SAPS top brass dispatched Captain Ingrid Simons of the Crime Against the State unit to attend to the matter. Simons was part of the police team that interviewed the three at the police station.
According to a security source with knowledge of the case, the three arrived in a Toyota Fortuner at about 8am.
“Three people came in a car during the day. They claimed that they were part of the burning of parliament, which is not true. They said they wanted to bomb the place and that’s when we arrested them,” the source said.
The insider added that they were questioned and later released “without a case registered”.
Those close to the president said the release of the three men without opening a case made the security cluster of the country look weak and, by extension, Ramaphosa.
A source close to the president said the incident also made it seem there was easy access to the national key points and that they could be accessed in the same way Zandile Mafe is alleged to have done before gutting parliament in early January. The state alleges Mafe has confessed to the crime.
The prosecutors said Mafe wanted to prevent the state of the nation address from taking place and demanded Ramaphosa’s resignation.
The incident at the Union
Buildings also came after a homeless man reportedly entered the headquarters of the State Security Agency illegally.
There have been growing concerns about Ramaphosa’s safety after a power failure during the gala dinner of the ANC at the Protea’s Ranch Hotel outside Polokwane recently.
Ramaphosa and Mabuza had to be whisked away after they stayed for about 15 minutes in darkness.
Delivering the party’s 110th birthday message, Ramaphosa said the democratic gains were being threatened by a concerted effort to destroy the institutions of the democratic state, erode the values of the constitution and to undo the social and economic progress made.
Speaking at the same event,
SACP general secretary Blade Nzimande said there was a link between the July unrest of last year and the burning of parliament.
Source: Sunday World Sun, Feb 27, 2022
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