Police Minister Firoz Cachalia says organised crime is growing more complex, requiring new strategies.

I do not believe that we are currently in a position to defeat these gangs.”While acting Police Minister Firoz Cachalia believes the police are making a “valiant effort”, and certain developments wit ...

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 ...

Police Minister Firoz Cachalia admits struggles with gang violence in the Western and Eastern Cape as residents plead for ...

By Ayox OjoSouth Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed sadness over a string of tragedies in various parts of the country over the weekend and today, Monday, 19, January, 2026.According to ...

Bullets, gangs, fear: South Africa's public institutions under fire ...

South Africa’s prisons are not ruled by wardens or laws. They are ruled by a gang known simply as the Numbers. Founded more ...

In what looks like a never-ending cycle of gun violence in the Western Cape, at least 26 people died on the Cape Flats over the weekend. In the early hours on Saturday, at least eight people were ...

Amid rising gang violence in the Western Cape, the Acting Minister of Police admits that SAPS is ill-equipped to handle the ...

South African soldiers will deploy in Cape Town's crime-ridden townships after a surge of shootings, gang violence and murders in one of the country's top tourist destinations, the head of the defence ...