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

During the annual State of the Nation Address on Thursday, South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the deployment of military troops to support police efforts against illegal mining and ...

South Africa's move to classify gender-based violence and femicide as a national disaster raises expectations for urgent action. South Africa has a femicide rate that is five times higher than the ...

Participants hold hands as they lie on the ground during a gender-based violence protest at the forecourt of the botanical gardens in Johannesburg, South Africa, Friday, Nov. 21, 2025. (Misper Apawu) ...

Communities in South Africa continue to be fractured by service delivery failures, crime and gang-related violence. The impact is felt by families and communities, and in schools, universities and ...

By Monday, September 2, South African men and women clutching cudgels and stones were chanting war songs and marching to the central business district of South Africa’s biggest city to burn shops and ...

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, July 6 (UNHCR) - Dolebo Debisto, an Ethiopian refugee restaurateur in Duduza Township near Johannesburg welcomes me in true African style. Shoulders hunched respectfully, ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Hundreds of women wearing black gathered in a Johannesburg park on Friday, one day before the start of the Group of 20 summit, to stage a 15-minute lie-down protest symbolizing the ...