South Africa: 'The Situation Is Bad' - State Hopes 25,000 Troops Will Douse the Flames of the Insurrection

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The government was caught by surprise as marauding mobs caused damage estimated at R15bn to businesses and a loss of about 200,000 jobs in KZN, but it hopes that consultations and a 25,000-strong troop deployment might douse the flames of the insurrection.

Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula was praised by MPs when she told a parliamentary portfolio committee on Wednesday that the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) will increase its deployment to trouble spots to 25,000. This is the SANDF's biggest deployment since 1994, according to Darren Olivier, director at African Defence Review.

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