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Thousands of troops are deployed to protect people and property

Military intervention: The South African National Defence Force is assisting the police in trying to maintain order. Soldiers and police officers detained suspected looters (right) at Soweto’s Jabulani Mall on 13 July 2021. (Luca Sola/AFP)
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The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has started its biggest single mobilisation since 1994 of some 25 000 soldiers in an attempt to quell the violence in KwaZulu-Natal and in Gauteng.

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