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

Between 1 and 17 January 2026 alone, 195 homicides were recorded in city, says Fighters ...

Cape Town's townships face rampant extortion, leading to violence and murders. Residents endure threats and assaults while ...

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

Manhunt launched after deadly Cape Town shooting in Marikana Philippi leaves 7 dead, 3 injured; police investigate ...

Former Cape Town athlete Bulelwa Mtshagi died after being shot seven times at her Crossroads home, where her nephew’s friend ...

Seven people were killed and three others wounded in a suspected extortion-linked mass shooting in Marikana near Cape Town, ...

CAPE TOWN, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said the government is considering deploying the army to gang violence hotspots to tackle persistent gang-related crime. The ...

Cape Town authorities have apprehended a suspected arsonist caught on camera, amidst a week of high enforcement activity and ...

CAPE TOWN, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- Six people were killed and two others wounded in two separate shooting incidents in the early hours of Tuesday in Cape Town, South Africa's legislative capital, police ...