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Scores of soldiers who were deployed nationwide at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown in South Africa are still out in full force.
On its official Twitter page, the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) regularly provides updates about the activities of the men and women in camouflage tasked with protecting our country.
Manning roadblocks, sanitising buildings and ensuring social distancing at social grant pay points are among their recent activities.
Over the weekend, soldiers in Thabazimbi, in Limpopo, were dispersed with water trucks to provide supplies in problematic areas.
At the Beitbridge border post, soldiers conducting roadblocks discovered thousands of illicit cigarettes. A large amount of these were smuggled into SA during the lockdown period when the sale and distribution of tobacco products was banned.
The SANDF said at the weekend it confiscated cigarettes worth almost R70,000.
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