Alleged Americans gang leader Igsaan 'Sanie American' Davids has died from injuries sustained in a Kensington shooting. Residents fear possible retaliation between rival gangs: ...

Police case dockets and a magistrates’ court stamp were discovered at a Cape Town home during a firearm search operation. The discovery, which comes amid persistent city shootings, happened just as ...

Western Cape Police Commissioner Thembisile Patekile announces a strategic shift in Operation Prosper, focusing on gang ...

A violent weekend across Cape Flats saw 38 people shot or stabbed in gang-related incidents, exacerbating fears within the ...

Four Southeast Missouri men facing federal racketeering charges allegedly belonged to one of Chicago’s largest and most-established street gangs. Sean Clemon, Dominique Maxwell and Perry Harris, all ...

Latest crime statistics reveal a Western Cape still gripped by gang violence and gender-based violence, even as national ...

The president says Operation Prosper is showing positive results, but communities on the Cape Flats say the bullets haven’t ...

Frustrated residents have accused law enforcement of failing to protect them.

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, South Africa -- A 14-year-old girl is gang-raped and stabbed repeatedly and then her throat is slit. A gang leader is gunned down outside a courthouse -- in full view of the police. Drugs, ...

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 ...