Volunteers are working to carve out safe spaces in townships with initiatives such as football training and dance classes ...

The Western Cape High Court in Cape Town has denied bail to alleged gang leader Moegamat “Bubbles” Brown, finding that ...

Children barely tall enough to see over a car bonnet are being pulled into gang life in Delft — some as young as nine, sent to steal and surrender their loot to underworld leaders. And now, in a ...

In August, a three-month-old in Bonteheuwel was fatally shot. It's alleged that two men entered the baby's home and fired gunshots in the direction of a woman and the baby. The attack was believed to ...

Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has called on National Police Minister Prof Firoz Cachalia to urgently provide emergency resources to the South African Police Service’s (SAPS) Anti-Gang Unit. The ...

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 ...

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 ...

Dariusz Dziewanski does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has expressed cautious optimism following a reported reduction in violent crime in select areas aligned with the Law Enforcement Advancement Programme (LEAP): ...

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