“I informed the National Assembly that I have decided to extend the deployment of 1,495 members of the South African National Defense Force in the service of fulfilling South Africa’s international obligation to the Southern African Development Community to combat terrorist acts and violent extremism that affect areas of northern Mozambique”, reads the note sent to Parliament on 15 April. According to the statement, the presence of South African military forces fall under operation “vikela”, a Zulu language expression meaning “defend”. Ramaphosa notes that the deployment of the force is taking place under section 201 (2) (C) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa and is budgeted at 984,368,057 rands. The South African head of state says, in the same communication, that he will also inform the National Council of Provinces of the decision to extend the presence of military personnel in Cabo Delgado.
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