Activists warn that the recent elimination of gang leaders in Cape Town has led to a dangerous power vacuum, resulting in ...

A SURGE in gang violence on the Cape Flats has crime activists calling for military intervention.

With nearly 100 gang hideouts raided in eight months and an estimated 100,000 gang members active in the Cape Flats, experts ...

A wave of violence between rival gangs has erupted in several Cape Flats communities, with deadly shootings reported in Lentegeur, Beacon Valley, and Montrose Park. In response to the surge in ...

Wellington mom who posted pictures of her toddler son with 28 prison gang tjappies reported to social workers.

JP Smith said he is determined to address gang violence on the Cape Flats by collaborating with the SAPS and using a ...

Perhaps this explains why despite numerous deployments of both the army and police, the Cape Flats is still synonymous with gang violence.

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has condemned the failure to adequately address the ongoing violence that has claimed scores of lives on the Cape Flats recently. The SAHRC ...

Two shocking Street View images spotlight the prevalence of illegal and illicit firearms, daily shootings and gang wars.

CAPE TOWN - Two fatal shootings in Kraaifontein in the Western Cape on Thursday, both of them outside schools. The first one ...

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