President Cyril Ramaphosa says the army will work with the police to fight organised crime and illegal mining.

South Africa's president has authorized a yearlong deployment by the army to fight crime in some of the country's ...

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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 ...

JOHANNESBURG — It's an unusual move for the African continent's leading democracy: South Africa's president announced that he will deploy the army to high-crime areas to fight the scourge of gang ...

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 ...

SANDF and SAPS say they are operationally prepared for the planned domestic deployment, with troops undergoing joint mission ...

Cape Town Gang Violence IntensifiesCape Town's gang violence crisis is intensifying, with multiple shootings in Khayelitsha leaving at least three people dead and several others injured within 24 ...

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 ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — It’s an unusual move for the African continent’s leading democracy: South Africa’s president announced that he will deploy the army to high-crime areas to fight the scourge of gang ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said he will deploy the army to work alongside the police to tackle high levels of gang ...