South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says he will deploy the army to high crime areas to help police in this country that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Soldiers will be deployed to the Western Cape and Gauteng, provinces hard hit by gang violence and illegal mining respectively ...

South Africa plans to deploy army as soldiers set to hit the streets - Neighborhoods on the outskirts of Cape Town, known as ...

The Western Cape faces a violent crime crisis with 1,157 murders in Q3 2025. Gang-related violence continues to plague Mfuleni, Delft, and the Cape Flats ...

South Africa's Police Minister Firoz Cachalia has said that the security forces are not yet able to defeat deadly criminal gangs, in a stark admission that underscores the scale of the country's crime ...

Gang-related crime in South Africa is widespread, but is under-reported outside hotspots such as the Cape Flats in Cape Town or Westbury in Johannesburg. In these areas gangs are deeply rooted and ...

JOHANNESBURG - Education officials in a province in South Africa closed 16 schools, affecting 12,000 students, Thursday in an impoverished area near Cape Town because of a spike in gang violence that ...

The Western Cape grapples with a staggering 1,157 murders in three months, revealing the persistent threat of gang violence in the region.

JOHANNESBURG(AP) — South Africa's president said Thursday that the country would send its troops into communities to help police fight the scourge of illegal mining and gang violence in its two ...

When President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the deployment of the South African National Defence Force to the provinces of Gauteng and the Western Cape in his 2026 State of the Nation Address, he was met ...

Soldiers will be deployed to the Western Cape and Gauteng, provinces hard hit by gang violence and illegal mining respectively South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said he will deploy the army to ...

A lack of resources is hampering anti-gang operations, says Police Minister Firoz Cachalia South Africa's Police Minister Firoz Cachalia has said that the security forces are not yet able to defeat ...