South Africa to deploy tens of thousands more troops for lockdown

South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers patrol during a protest over food parcels in Alexandra, Johannesburg, on April 20, 2020. PHOTO | MARCO LONGARI | AFP

By  AFP

What you need to know:

  • The country is four weeks into a strict police and military-enforced shutdown.
  • Security forces have struggled to keep people indoors—particularly in overcrowded townships.
  • To date South Africa has recorded 3,465 cases of coronavirus, the continent's second-highest number of infections after Egypt.

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