A streak of killings in South Africa's dangerous ganglands in Cape Town has led communities to demand protection as city officials say they lack the resources to stop the violence. Within South Africa ...

Acting Police Minister Firoz Cachalia addresses Cape Town's gun violence in Parliament, citing weak education and high unemployment as key factors ...

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, ...

ActionSA MP Dereleen James has urged President Cyril Ramaphosa to declare a State of Emergency on the Cape Flats.

Police have taken in two men for questioning after more violence in Kraaifontein, Cape Town, claimed the lives of three men ...

Cape Town welcomes over 700 new metro police officers in a historic graduation parade, marking a landmark investment in community safety: ...

A community leader has warned that vigilantism could spiral in Kraaifontein if police fail to curb the violence gripping the ...

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The City of Cape Town has come under siege after yet another deadly mass shooting. The incident which happened in ...

A collapsed sewer line in Delft South left households living with raw sewage for months after gangs demanded protection fees ...

Police spokesperson Warrant Officer Joseph Swartbooi said the gun killed the child and attempted to kill his mother in Yellowood Street, Bonteheuwel, on Friday morning, 22 August 2025.