Political violence in South Africa is driven by a power elite trying to establish dominance – new research

Protests have become instruments of elite competition. This includes local politicians using professional agitators to ...
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South African army arrive in crime hotspots to help tackle gangs

Soldiers will be deployed to several crime-ridden areas of South Africa for a year South Africa's army has officially been deployed to several parts of the country to help overwhelmed police clamp ...
The Conversation

Should South Africa use the army to fight gangs? The short answer is no

When President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the deployment of the South African National Defence Force to the provinces of Gauteng and the Western Cape in his 2026 State of the Nation Address, he was met ...
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Soldiers on the streets. What's behind South Africa's plan to deploy the army in high-crime areas

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — It's an unusual move for the African continent's leading democracy: South Africa's president announced that he will deploy the army to high-crime areas to fight the scourge of gang ...
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A look at South Africa's extreme move to deploy the army to fight crime, by the numbers

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa's president has authorized a yearlong deployment by the army to fight crime in some of the country's violence-stricken areas. The move has underlined how ...
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South Africa deploys soldiers to the streets to tackle organized and violent crime

JOHANNESBURG — Soldiers were deployed to the streets of South Africa's biggest city Wednesday in an effort to help police fight gang violence and illegal mining. It was the first major deployment ...
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US accuses South Africa military of 'cosying up to Iran'

The US has accused South Africa's defence ministry of refusing to obey orders from its own government to send home Iranian warships that have been conducting naval exercises in the African country's ...