SOUTH AFRICA: MASSIVE ARMY DEPLOYMENT AS “COUP” RUMOURS SWIRL

SOUTH AFRICA: MASSIVE ARMY DEPLOYMENT AS “COUP” RUMOURS SWIRL

   Thu, 15 July 2021

The rapid deployment of one third of South Africa’s active military personnel to curb riots and looting may not be fully realised, but even a smaller troop mobilisation should be sufficient to contain unrest in Gauteng. The military will struggle to curb violence in KwaZulu-Natal where unrest has been better organised and local law enforcement compromised. Unconfirmed reports of an ongoing “coup” are driving a disinformation campaign, although authorities will soon begin to arrest suspected instigators of orchestrated violence, which would be the culmination of a long-running battle between rival factions in the ruling party.



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