The South African Air Force is being used to rescue people affected by the flooding in remote settlements, some of which are cut off from the outside world.
Heavy rains are affecting other parts of northern South Africa - and the air force has been used to rescue people affected by the flooding in remote settlements, some of which are cut off from the outside world.
"Waterkloof Air Force base was used with full permission of the authorities to receive foreign dignitaries, including some ministers, " Mr Ghosh said, Bloomberg reports.
After thousands of years of political experimentation, it seems pretty clear that some institution is always going to have a monopoly of force, and some human being or group of human beings is going to have the ultimate authority over how that force is used.