The continued demolition of shacks erected on vacant land near the Killarney International Raceway has triggered riots in Dunoon, Cape Town, since Sunday. Police have arrested 14 people ...

HOW BAD WERE THE RIOTS? At least 215 people died in the ... which together account for nearly 50% of South Africa's GDP. The violence did not spread to South Africa's other seven provinces.

This month’s riots across South Africa have underscored concerns about inequality and stability after nearly three decades of democracy. In Soweto, owners of pillaged shops accuse the government ...

A similar dynamic is at play in South Africa. But the problem revealed by the riots isn’t just about inequity. Zuma and his loyalists are engaged in a political struggle within the African ...

South Africa — South Africa was already beset by rampant poverty. The pandemic exacerbated the struggle for many of the country’s poorest. Now weeks of riots have left stores torched ...

South Africa is facing unrest on a scale that has been rarely seen since white-minority rule ended in 1994. Here's how one political event exposed deep-seated inequalities that have increased ...

The chaos erupted following the imprisonment of former President Jacob Zuma. LONDON and PRETORIA -- At least 117 people have been killed in ongoing riots across South Africa despite the efforts of ...

Dozens of people have died in oubreaks of looting and rioting in parts of South Africa. Shopping centres and businesses in the Gauteng and Kwazulu-Natal provinces have been ransacked. The violence ...

The riots, and the retaliatory measures, could not come at a more inopportune time for regional cooperation. This week, African leaders are meeting in Cape Town, South Africa, to discuss the ...

South African authorities should ensure that security forces deployed to police escalating riots and looting respect ... under international law and South Africa’s constitution, does not ...

a daughter of former South African president Jacob Zuma, appeared in court on Thursday after being charged with inciting violence during riots in 2021 in which more than 300 people were killed.