Sending soldiers into the Cape Flats is like putting a plaster on a gunshot wound. Every time the crisis becomes too visible ...

This comes after President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday announced that the army will be deployed to tackle gang violence in ...

When President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the deployment of the South African National Defence Force to the provinces of Gauteng and the Western Cape in his 2026 state of the nation address, he was met ...

Another shooting in Cape Town, has left an 11-month-old baby a casualty of continued violence in the Cape Flats.

Militarisation in the Cape Flats is a temporary response to gangsterism, while transformation requires addressing deep-rooted ...

As gang violence escalates in Cape Flats, civil society demands military intervention, prompting an inquiry into rising fatalities and police challenges.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced the deployment of the South African National Defence Force to help fight gangsterism.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has resolved to deploy soldiers to communities under siege from gangsters in the Western Cape and illegal mining activities in Gauteng.

Sending soldiers into the Cape Flats is like putting a plaster on a gunshot wound. Every time the crisis becomes too visible to ignore, the state reaches for the same blunt instrument conclusion: ...