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 ...

Three gunmen opened fire at an illegal shebeen in Pretoria, leaving 11 dead and 14 injured, amid South Africa’s ongoing gang ...

JOHANNESBURG — South African police have launched a manhunt for a Lesotho gang member believed to have controlled operations at an illegal gold mine where 78 bodies were recovered last week during a ...

Nelson Mandela Bay's Flying Squad, Anti-Gang Unit and K9 Unit are close to collapse, with almost no working vehicles and officers forced to work in unsafe conditions. Parliament told the South African ...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A suspected gang leader known as "Tiger" escaped with the help of South African police after being pulled from an illegal gold mine last week where at least 78 miners died, ...

South African soldiers will deploy in Cape Town's crime-ridden townships after a surge of shootings, gang violence and murders in one of the country's top tourist destinations, the head of the defence ...

Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis raised concern about the low conviction rate as gang violence rises, asking that the ...