Zuko Komisa
The government said the recent wave of fatalities is being handled as a national security concern by the National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure (NATJOINTS).
According to the Health Department, these instances are being viewed as a possible threat to the nation’s and its people’s security by NATJOINTS, the national organization in charge of coordinating state security.
The department and the SAPS detectives have been working around the clock to try unravel this “mystery”, especially where children have died, as is the case in Naledi, Soweto.
These increasing incidents in black communities have led to an unfortunate and unsubstantiated perception that authorities are turning a blind eye to this crisis, and seem not to care about what’s happening to citizens.
“Contrary to these beliefs and perceptions, this is what various authorities have been engaged in,”
“Last week, NATJOINTS met to analyse this situation and after careful analysis, recommended that the Department of Health should coordinate all these investigations involving various institutions and bodies because in the final analysis, whatever is happening eventually leads to ill-health or even death.” a statement from the department read.
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