She did not say when the extra troops would be on the streets.
Members of the South African Defence Force (SANDF) hold stolen items retrieved during a raid after six days of looting in South-Africa left scores of dead and battered the economy, in Mamelodi, east of Pretoria, on July 14, 2021. (Phill Magakoe / AFP)
Government had been under pressure to increase boots on the ground to quickly put a lid on the violence pummeling an already struggling economy.
The country’s consumer goods regulatory body estimated that more than 800 retail shops had been looted. Advertisement
President Cyril Ramaphosa met leaders of political parties and cautioned that parts of the country “may soon be running short of basic provisions following the extensive disruption of food, fuel and medicine supply chains.”
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