-
South Africa: Cape Township Residents Cheer Arrival of Army
GroundUp, 19 July 2019
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… Read more »
Cape Township Residents Cheer Arrival of South African Troops
Defence Force troops have begun operations to quell escalating gang violence in Cape Town, starting in Manenberg. When the troops arrived, residents cheered with some coming out of their homes to watch as police performed raids.
South African National Defence Force has been deployed to the Cape Flats to help the police quell gang violence.
As the raids continued, hundreds of children gathered to watch. Soldiers kept the streets closed off.
-
South Africa: SANDF Seen in More Cape Flats Suburbs
News24Wire, 18 July 2019
The first troops of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) have finally landed in the Cape Flats - with members of the army seen patrolling the suburbs of Manenberg and… Read more »
-
South Africa: Defence Force Troops Welcomed in Manenberg
News24Wire, 18 July 2019
Seven days after the announcement that the SA National Defence Force would be deployed to Cape Town's gang-ravaged areas, soldiers on Thursday received a hero's welcome when the… Read more »
-
South Africa: Popular, Maybe Necessary, but Deploying the Army in Townships Resurrects Terrible Memories
GroundUp, 19 July 2019
The apartheid government used the army to crush resistance in townships in the 1980s. Together with the police they dished out arbitrary "justice" and committed numerous… Read more »
InFocus
-
Western Cape Premier Alan Winde has said the fact that 43 murders took place over a single weekend was proof that there was no time to waste in deploying the South African National ... Read more »
-
Pleas by communities in the Western Cape for the government to deploy the army into their gang-infested areas, has finally been actioned, afte Read more »
