Photograph of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, who ordered the 510-soldier deployment to KwaZulu-Natal (ITU Pictures, 2018, via Wikimedia Commons). Politics South Africa deploys 510 soldiers to KwaZulu-Natal amid anti-migrant protest violence Mono Scoops 1d President Cyril Ramaphosa has deployed 510 soldiers to KwaZulu-Natal to support police efforts against anti-migrant protests, at a cost of about 34.1 million rand, after violence in Durban that the Presidency linked to misinformation about a Constitutional Court asylum ruling. Read Full Story