00:02Residents of Greater Johannesburg looked on as soldiers and armoured vehicles entered gang violence hotspots.
00:10It comes weeks after the South African president announced the deployment.
00:15Some residents have welcomed the move, saying it will make them feel safer.
00:25There's too many deaths in this community, so this, and I hope and I pray that it's just not for
00:31today, that it must be a constant thing that the military is here to help and safeguard and to come
00:40back around.
00:40The crime is worse here because we are scared, even like now I'm going out, I have to be back
00:46here half past five because we are scared for our lives.
00:52The troops are assisting police in locations which see frequent shootings and murders due to turf wars between gangs.
01:00This resident experienced the violence first hand.
01:05I got shot three times. I got shot three times. That's why today I feel very safe because those people
01:12are here of the military.
01:14South Africa has a murder rate averaging 60 murders per day.
01:19President Ramaphosa described organised crime as, quote, the most immediate threat to the country's democracy.
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