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Army Deployed Quell Gang Violence

Army Deployed Quell Gang Violence

The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) is deployed to assist the police to quell gang violence on the Cape flats in Cape Town, South Africa. Since November 2018, over 2,300 people have been murdered in the Western Cape.
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Date taken
18 July 2019
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Ashraf Hendricks
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Army,  Cape Flats,  SANDF

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