Soldiers on the streets. What’s behind South Africa’s plan to deploy army in high-crime areas

Soldiers on the streets. What’s behind South Africa’s plan to deploy army in high-crime areas

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — It’s an unusual move for the African continent’s leading democracy: South Africa’s president announced earlier this month that he will deploy the army to high-crime areas to fight the scourge of organized crime, gang violence and illegal mining. President Cyril Ramaphosa said so...

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