There’s no denying that murder rates in South Africa are high. But two bold claims published by the Guardian still caught our ...

Sidelined Police Minister Senzo Mchunu has repeatedly cited extreme violence in Cape Town’s apartheid dumping grounds – the Cape Flats – as one of the reasons he ordered a police team’s disbandment.

On Wednesday, parents and political activists demonstrated outside the school, accusing it of failing to protect pupils.

Police in the Northern Cape have arrested 263 suspects during a week-long provincewide crackdown under Operation Shanela II ...