No prior parliamentary approval is required for President Cyril Ramaphosa to deploy the South African National Defence (SANDF ...

South Africa has deployed 2,000 SANDF troops alongside police in five provinces to target street crime, gang violence, and ...

More than 2 000 SANDF troops are deployed across five provinces to help police tackle gang violence and illegal mining.

The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has begun deploying troops to five provinces to assist police in tackling gangsterism, violent crime and illegal mining in identified crime hotspots.

The chief of of South African National Defence Force says the SANDF will enforce the rules by any means necessary as soldiers ...

During the SONA, Ramaphosa announced that the SANDF will be deployed to areas afflicted by illegal mining and gang violence.

The SANDF will deploy troops to provinces battling organised crime and illegal mining for a year. The South African National Defence Force will deploy soldiers for a year to provinces struggling to ...

Residents in the Joburg communities where the SANDF was finally deployed on Wednesday welcomed the move, but said more must be done to fight ...

The year-long Operation Prosper deployment made public by President Cyril Ramaphosa in his 12 February State of the Nation Address (SONA) now stretches across ...

Footage of SANDF soldiers and vehicles entering Eldorado Park for a national operation against gangsterism and violent crime circulates widely online.

The soldiers were first deployed to Randfontein on the western side of the city before moving to Benoni on the East Rand on Thursday to target illegal mining activities.

The deployment forms part of Operation Prosper, which targets illegal mining and gang-related crime in several provinces, ...