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

President Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africa is sending troops into communities to help police fight illegal mining and gang violence.

But my research in the field of armed forces and society suggests this “show of force” creates a dangerous moral hazard. If ...

President Ramaphosa says deployment necessary to tackle gang violence and illegal mining despite a growing economy ...

Protests in South Africa, and the conditions that gave rise to them, echo the experience of the youth-led uprisings seen ...

South African soldiers on Thursday started patrolling Cape Town's crime-ridden townships under a deployment ordered by the government to counter a surge of shootings, gang violence and murders. The ...

Western Cape police are preparing to receive South African National Defence Force members deployed to combat gang violence, ...

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 ...

Cape Town questions Ramaphosa's military deployment against gang violence, emphasising the need for successful prosecutions over temporary stabilisation.

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 ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa says the military will work with the country’s police force to counter ‘gang wars’.