Ramaphosa deploys over 2,000 troops in S/Africa's Covid-19 fight - Journal du Cameroun

Journal du Cameroun

Ramaphosa deploys over 2,000 troops in S/Africa's Covid-19 fight - Journal du Cameroun

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has deployed 2,122 troops to support other state actors in fighting against the coronavirus pandemic whose new surge has claimed over 38,000 lives since the outbreak in March last year, APA learnt on Wednesday.The four-week deployment will end on 31 January 2021 at a cost of US$6.4 million, the president said in a formal letter sent to parliament.Ramaphosa told Parliament that he had deployed the troops “t…