Soldiers on the streets. What’s behind South Africa’s plan to deploy army in high-crime areas

It’s an unusual move for the African continent’s leading democracy: South Africa’s president announced earlier this month that he will deploy the army to high-crime areas to fight the scourge of organized crime, gang violence and illegal mining. Cyril Ramaphosa, President of the Republic of South Africa. (AFP) President Cyril Ramaphosa said soldiers would take … Read more