South Africa has deployed troops to the streets of the country's biggest city to help police fight gang violence and illegal mining.

With the 2026 Local Government Elections approaching, Johannesburg's mayoral candidates are making bold pledges to confront ...

In Soweto, an unlikely champion offers lessons in riding and in life Wearing his national title show jumping jacket, Mafokate checks the reins before mounting his horse at a local competition in the ...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says he will deploy the army to high crime areas to help police in this country that ...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says he will deploy the army to high crime areas to help police in this country that has some of the highest violent crime rates in the world.

A rumour on social media brought dozens of fortune seekers to a field on the outskirts of mining town Springs In a township 30 miles east of Johannesburg, a mechanical digger filled in holes in the ...

Artisanal miners pan for gold in a hole dug in a patch of land where artisanal miners look for gold outside Springs, Ekurhuleni, South Africa, on February 15, 2026. [AFP] The pockmarked earth on ...

THE pockmarked earth on Johannesburg's eastern fringe, until last week a humble cattle kraal ringed with barbed wire, now stands as the unlikely centre of South Africa's latest gold fever. Dozens of ...

The Archbishop of Cape Town has been announced as the new chair of Christian Aid. The UK development and humanitarian agency said Most Rev Dr Thabo Makgoba, has a strong track-record of working on ...

The exercises were the second time in six months that President Cyril Ramaphosa appeared to be blindsided by his own military regarding relations with Tehran. By John Eligon and Zimasa Matiwane ...

Nine people were killed and at least 10 others wounded when gunmen opened fire inside a South African pub early Sunday, sparking a manhunt for the attackers in the country’s second mass shooting in ...