The National Key Points Act, 1980 (Act No. 102 of 1980) is an act of the Parliament of South Africa that provides for the declaration and protection of sites of national strategic importance against sabotage,[1][2][3] as determined by the Minister of Police (previously known as the Minister for Safety and Security) since 2004 and the Minister of Defence before that.[4][5] The act was designed during apartheid to secretly arrange protection primarily for privately owned strategic sites. It enables the government to compel private owners, as well as state-owned corporations, to safeguard such sites owned by them at their own cost.[6] The act, still in force and unamended since apartheid, came under the spotlight after PresidentJacob Zuma's Nkandla homestead was declared a National Key Point in 2010 amid controversy over public expenditure on upgrades to the property.[7][8] As of 2013[update], the act is officially under review.[9]
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