The military have been deployed to assist the police in crime fighting (including combating gang violence) in South Africa on regular occasions since the late 1990s. It was commonplace during the ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africa is sending troops into communities to help police fight illegal mining and gang violence.

President Cyril Ramaphosa's decision to deploy the military to fight organized crime has elicited mixed reactions. "It has often been linked to the fact that we are among the most unequal societies in ...

"Things like finding people who haven't come in for care, providing services for people who don't find it easy to go into the ...

CAPE TOWN, Feb 12 (Reuters) - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Thursday that he would deploy the army to help ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa's announced plan to deploy the military to fight crime has elicited mixed reactions from South Africans. Analysts say public confidence can only be restored through a ...

JOHANNESBURG, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Four South African men who got trapped in Ukraine's Donbas region after being lured into fighting alongside Russian forces there returned home on Wednesday, public ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa says the army will work with the police to fight organised crime and illegal mining.

Organized crime is "the most immediate threat" to South Africa's democracy, President Cyril Ramaphosa said in his state of the nation address, pledging to use the military against criminals.

South Africa is working with Russia to repatriate its nationals trapped in the war on Ukraine after being recruited through job offers promising a better life.