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 ...

South Africa is now one of the biggest markets for meth in the world, and the Mexican cartel is “franchising” in South Africa ...

Gang-related violence in Cape Town often makes local and international headlines. In September 2025, when six people were ...

JOHANNESBURG — South African police have launched a manhunt for a Lesotho gang member believed to have controlled operations at an illegal gold mine where 78 bodies were recovered last week during a ...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Gangs of South African men are raping lesbians in the belief it will "cure" the women's sexual orientation, an aid agency said on Friday. NGO ActionAid said in a report titled ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Women’s rights groups in South Africa expressed outrage Thursday and criticized police for perceived failures after charges were dropped against 14 men accused of gang raping and ...

Members of the coalition and its stakeholders met with the acting Police Minister, Firoz Cachalia, on Friday to discuss the ...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A suspected gang leader known as "Tiger" escaped with the help of South African police after being pulled from an illegal gold mine last week where at least 78 miners died, ...

A Nigerian man identified simply as Chimezie has been shot dead by gunmen at a bar in the Durban area of South Africa.PUNCH Metro gathered that the incident occurred around 10:30 p.m. on Thursday ...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Hundreds of grieving South Africans attended the funeral on Saturday of a 17-year-old girl whose brutal gang-rape and murder stirred national outrage. The killing of Anene ...

In Lesotho, a style of traditional accordion music called Famo has become entangled with deadly gang rivalries. Once the ...