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A crime scene following a cash-in-transit robbery.

Sharon Seretlo, Gallo Images

Deploying an underfunded, understaffed SA National Defence Force (SANDF) to help crack down on an upswing of cash-in-transit (CIT) Heists has been described as a "bad idea" by defence experts.

They argue that crime-fighting does not fall within the SANDF's mandate and that it simply does not have the manpower to intervene.

Fidelity CEO Wahl Bartmann has publicly called for military deployment to mitigate Cit Heists.

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