First troops touch down nearly a month after President Ramaphosa said organised crime threatened country’s democracy.

Supporters see urgent action, while critics warn that soldiers on the streets risk escalating conflict.On March 10 in South Africa's Western Cape province, a gray vehicle pulled up outside a house in ...

It's an unusual move for the African continent's leading democracy: South Africa's president announced that he will deploy the army to high-crime areas to fight the scourge of gang violence and ...

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

South Africa has deployed soldiers to Johannesburg to combat gang violence and illegal mining, following President Ramaphosa's declaration of organized crime as a significant threat.

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 ...

JOHANNESBURG - Education officials in a province in South Africa closed 16 schools, affecting 12,000 students, Thursday in an impoverished area near Cape Town because of a spike in gang violence that ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — 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 ...

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