South Africa: Cape Flats Residents Cheer Arrival of Army

Army troops entered the Cape Flats on Thursday, Mandela Day, a week after Minister of Police Bheki Cele announced that the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) would be deployed to quell escalating gang violence.

The army started their operation in Manenberg, the same suburb where Tasneem Simons (22) was murdered on Monday while taking down her washing. According to News24 43 people were killed in Cape Town this past Cape Town. Since November 2018, over 2,300 people have been murdered in the Western Cape.

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