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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cape Town, South Africa – Two ominous letters are spray-painted on a wall at the entrance to Tafelsig, a township in Mitchells ...

The army has been deployed to five of South Africa's nine provinces for a year-long operation.

JOHANNESBURG, March 13 (Reuters) - Gangs of South African men are raping lesbians in the belief it will "cure" the women's sexual orientation, an aid agency said on Friday. NGO ActionAid said in a ...

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 ...

BANGKOK, Nov 29 (Reuters) - International drug gangs from Africa and Iran are muscling in on Southeast Asia's booming methamphetamine business which has shown a staggering increase and is spreading ...

JOHANNESBURG — 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 provinces ...

It’s likely that members of Portland’s Gang Enforcement Team (GET) are racially profiling those they pull over for traffic violations, with GET operating under the assumption that the drivers could be ...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said he will deploy the army to help the police fight criminal gangs and illegal mining in the country. Gang violence is a major problem in South Africa, which ...