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 ...

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

It's an unusual move for the African continent's leading democracy: South Africa's president announced that he will deploy ...

South Africa is preparing to deploy soldiers to help tackle gang violence and illegal mining, challenges the police have struggled to contain.

Volunteers are working to carve out safe spaces in townships with initiatives such as football training and dance classes ...

Scam centres in South Africa are run by organized crime groups from other countries, while smaller operations are run from prisons and by local gangs.

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 ...