South Africa: Freedom Day? SANDF Conducts Johannesburg Stop-and-Search Patrols

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First, the army was sent to the hostels. Now they're on the streets conducting stop and search operations. When xenophobic violence started to damage South Africa's international reputation, the state took action. Now, the state's using the army to sort out local concerns on immigration and clamp down on migrant communities. By GREG NICOLSON.

In a joint operation featuring both the police and the SANDF on Monday, around 50 undocumented migrants were arrested across Hillbrow, Johannesburg central and Mayfair in stop-and-search patrols in the morning. The deployment of defence force officers follows raids last week in Johannesburg on the Wolhuter Hostel in Jeppe and the Madala Hostel in Alexandra in the state's response to xenophobic violence.

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