A violent weekend across Cape Flats saw 38 people shot or stabbed in gang-related incidents, exacerbating fears within the ...

The president says Operation Prosper is showing positive results, but communities on the Cape Flats say the bullets haven’t ...

Four Southeast Missouri men facing federal racketeering charges allegedly belonged to one of Chicago’s largest and most-established street gangs. Sean Clemon, Dominique Maxwell and Perry Harris, all ...

Despite President Cyril Ramaphosa's praise for SANDF's Operation Prosper, Cape Town grapples with escalating violence and ...

Police, community watch members, and residents patrol the Mitchells Plain neighborhood of Cape Town, South Africa. Christian Putsch By Patricia Huon, Contributor Cape Town, South Africa On a recent ...

The South African Police Service (Saps) is burdened with the task of dealing with criminal syndicates operating in the country, with some using spaza shops as fronts, and with police officers who ...

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 ...

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, South Africa -- A 14-year-old girl is gang-raped and stabbed repeatedly and then her throat is slit. A gang leader is gunned down outside a courthouse -- in full view of the police. Drugs, ...