South Africa's Ramaphosa orders 510 soldiers to KwaZulu-Natal after asylum ruling violence

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has authorized the deployment of 510 soldiers to KwaZulu-Natal following recent violence in Durban over a court ruling on asylum seekersJOHANNESBURG -- President Cyril Ramaphosa has authorized the deployment of 510 soldiers to KwaZulu-Natal province, where violence recently erupted in Durban, South Africa’s third-most-populated city, over a court ruling on asylum seekers, the presidency said Tuesday.The deployment, part of a joint police-military operation known as Operation Prosper, expands an existing intervention to combat gang violence and illegal mining. It comes ahead of the country’s Nov. 4 local government elections and will run through the end of November, at an estimated cost of about 34 million rand ($2 million).The presidency said the deployment followed “recent violent actions arising from a campaign of misinformation” about the Constitutional Court ruling that removed procedural barriers for people seeking asylum in South Africa. Soldiers will stand by to support the police.Protests in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng on Oct. 8 opposed the court’s decision. They followed months of anti-immigrant tensions, with demonstrators demanding t...