South Africas major airports are woefully unprepared to handle a bomb threat, according to explosives expert Jimmy Roodt, who warned that the lack of proper infrastructure and safety standards could endanger lives as the country prepares to host the G20 summit.
According to The Citizen , Jimmy Roodt, operations director at Gauntlet Security Solutions, said the country's main airports - including OR Tambo International, Cape Town International, and King Shaka International - do not meet key international blast-mitigation and safety standards.
Roodt told the publication that his findings were based on on-site inspections and benchmarking against International Civil Aviation Organization ICAO guidelines.