South Africa’s president Cyril Ramaphosa is set to deploy more than 70,000 members of the South African National Defence Force to join 2,300 troops already patrolling the country’s street in a bid to effectively enforce one of the strictest physical lockdowns on the continent. It is one of the largest army deployments in the country’s history. It is a stick to Ramaphosa’s carrot as he pledged 500 billion rand ($26 billion) as part of a special coronavirus budget on Tuesday to assist the country’s flailing economy and feed citizens, as millions struggle to cope with weeks of lockdown.