South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says he will deploy the army to high crime areas to help police in this country that has some of the highest violent crime rates in the world.

South Africa will learn on Friday whether the country’s relentless violent crime crisis has eased, worsened or remained stagnant when Acting Minister of Police, Professor Firoz Cachalia, releases the ...

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

It was the first major deployment since President Cyril Ramaphosa said in his annual speech to the nation last month that he would use the army against organized crime, which he called the greatest ...

Quarter 3 of 2025/26 figures from the South African Police Service reflect a sustained drop in violent crime, including an ...

Troops have been deployed on the streets of South Africa's biggest city after the president announced plans last month to use ...

As Cape Town plans security measures along N2 highway, shack dwellers say the project will separate the poor from rich.

Acting Police Minister Firoz Cachalia has announced that the South African Police Service (SAPS) is developing a system to improve the accuracy of data on crimes against women and children, but there ...