{"id":49083,"date":"2021-07-15T13:53:21","date_gmt":"2021-07-15T10:53:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kfm.co.ug\/?p=49083"},"modified":"2021-07-15T13:53:21","modified_gmt":"2021-07-15T10:53:21","slug":"south-africa-plans-to-deploy-25000-soldiers-to-quell-unrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/south-africa-plans-to-deploy-25000-soldiers-to-quell-unrest\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa plans to deploy 25,000 soldiers to quell unrest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Xinhua<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>South Africa&#8217;s Minister of Defence and Military Veterans Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula on Wednesday said the government plans to deploy about 25,000 soldiers to deal with the ongoing unrest in the country.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have now submitted, now now, a request for deployment of plus-minus 25,000 members,&#8221; Mapisa-Nqakula virtually briefed the Joint Standing Committee on Defence of the Parliament, which is a significant increase from the initially proposed 2,500 members and then 10,000 members.&#8221;We will start with the 25,000,&#8221; she said, adding that currently there are no less than 1,000 members in KwaZulu-Natal Province, where the unrest started, including 800 in the port city Durban.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The government is also trying to ensure the military visibility of vehicles and helicopter patrols, she added.\u00a0The minister also said she will leave for KwaZulu-Natal on Thursday morning and to be on the ground.The ongoing unrest mainly in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal provinces in the country&#8217;s eastern part, triggered by the imprisonment of former South African president Jacob Zuma, has claimed at least 26 lives in KwaZulu-Natal alone. Hundreds of shops and businesses were looted during the initially political motivated protest, with roads being blocked, properties and vehicles damaged and burned.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Zuma, who was sentenced to 15 months in prison after being convicted of defying the Constitutional Court&#8217;s order which compelled him to appear and give evidence at the State Capture Commission in February, has challenged the sentence. 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