Gang-related crime in South Africa is widespread, but is under-reported outside hotspots such as the Cape Flats in Cape Town ...

Recent mass shootings in Cape Town can be linked to the proliferation of illegal guns, say experts, as police and the ...

Incident adds to a grim pattern of violent crime in South Africa where at least 70 people are murdered daily on average.

The City of Cape Town has been plagued by shootings, with nearly 20 people killed in the past week. Western Cape police say they have launched a manhunt after five people were gunned down and ...

Analysts say there’s a perception that Chinese prefer to operate outside the formal banking system and that they carry large ...

Police Minister Senzo Mchunu has been accused of having ties to criminal gangs and of meddling in police investigations into ...

President Ramaphosa called the accusation against his police minister a "grave national security concern" after a top cop ...

South Africa’s correctional system is at a crossroads, grappling with severe overcrowding, budget pressures, and ...

One of the apartheid era's main laws was the Bantu Education Act of 1953, which aimed to prevent black children from reaching their full potential. This created segregated schools with less funding ...

Donald Trump’s false narrative of ‘genocide’ against white farmers obscures ways violence blights daily life in country ...

A government led by freedom fighters who helped to liberate the country more than 30 years ago is now overseeing a police ...

The official death toll in South Africa's devastating floods remains unclear as rescue efforts for missing people continue in ...