South African soldiers moved into gang-ridden Cape Town townships on Wednesday, as two people were killed in fresh violence, ...

The army has been deployed to five of South Africa's nine provinces for a year-long operation.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said he will deploy the army to work alongside the police to tackle high levels of gang ...

In a show of force in Cape Town, around 500 military and police personnel paraded ahead of a year-long deployment targeting ...

JOHANNESBURG - Education officials in a province in South Africa closed 16 schools, affecting 12,000 students, Thursday in an impoverished area near Cape Town because of a spike in gang violence that ...

JOHANNESBURG — South Africa's president said Thursday that the country would send its troops into communities to help police fight the scourge of illegal mining and gang violence in its two provinces ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Soldiers will be deployed to the Western Cape and Gauteng, provinces hard hit by gang violence and illegal mining respectively ...

Soldiers will be deployed to the Western Cape and Gauteng, provinces hard hit by gang violence and illegal mining respectively South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said he will deploy the army to ...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said he will deploy the army to help the police fight criminal gangs and illegal mining in the country. Gang violence is a major problem in South Africa, which ...