article_snippet.sent: On Tuesday the country's Defense Minister said South Africa would deploy troops to areas where police spread too thin in order to halt the attacks.
article_snippet.sent: It's a role the country's Defense Minister hears many South Africans say should belong to many South Africans alone.
article_snippet.sent: the country's Defense Minister feels the South African government has been far too slow to respond to the violence, which has erupted intermittently in various cities over the past few years.
article_snippet.sent: However He praised the South African government's response to the attacks.
article_snippet.sent: the South African government is in crisis mode and Pretoria (the South African government) is responding well by verbally condemning the attacks and showing force on the ground," He said.