Election troops cost R38m to deploy

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Cape Town - President Jacob Zuma has confirmed to the National Assembly the deployment of hundreds of troops to secure the local polls amounted to millions of rands.

Zuma said in a letter to Parliament on Thursday that R38 million had been allocated for the duration of the municipal poll period.

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