Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis calls for President Cyril Ramaphosa to grant City police greater powers to combat escalating gang violence and improve conviction rates.

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 ...

Cape Town MMC JP Smith says soldiers may calm hotspots briefly, but without arrests and convictions, gun violence will return ...

The Cape Flats has recorded a sharp spike in Cape Flats gang-related killings and shootings between 19 January and 25 January ...

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. "One gangster, one ...

South African soldiers will deploy in Cape Town's crime-ridden townships after a surge of shootings, gang violence and murders in one of the country's top tourist destinations, the head of the defence ...

Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis says draft regulations giving Cape Town police investigative powers are ‘gathering dust’, as SAPS ...

Opposition parties demand urgent action as gang violence surges in the Western Cape, claiming 195 lives in January. Concerns ...

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 ...

There are growing calls for gang violence on the Cape Flats to be declared an emergency or disaster.

Pressure is mounting on government to take tougher action against gang violence, with civil society group Fight Against Crime ...