Troops have been deployed on the streets of South Africa's biggest city after the president announced plans last month to use ...
JOHANNESBURG - Johannesburg is taking an aggressive step towards tackling long-standing challenges of crime, grime, and poor service delivery with the official launch of the Joburg Bomb Squad. It's a ...
Johannesburg’s crises form a feedback loop linking politics, economy, and infrastructure.Frequent mayoral turnover and weak coalitions destabilize go ...
First troops touch down nearly a month after President Ramaphosa said organised crime threatened country’s democracy.
Soldiers moved into gang-violence hotspots in Johannesburg on Wednesday to support police efforts to tackle rampant crime.
Global data site Numbeo ranks Pretoria second and Johannesburg fifth most dangerous in the world in its 2026 Crime Index. The ...
Residents in the Joburg communities where the SANDF was finally deployed on Wednesday welcomed the move, but said more must be done to fight ...
Soldiers moved into gang-violence hotspots in Johannesburg Wednesday to support police efforts to tackle rampant crime.
South Africa’s president has authorized a yearlong deployment by the army to fight crime in some of the country’s violence-stricken areas.
Supporters see urgent action, while critics warn that soldiers on the streets risk escalating conflict.On March 10 in South Africa's Western Cape province, a gray vehicle pulled up outside a house in ...