Soldiers will be deployed to the Western Cape and Gauteng, provinces hard hit by gang violence and illegal mining respectively South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said he will deploy the army to ...

Soldiers were seen on the streets in Johannesburg, the country's largest city, on Wednesday in the first major deployment, after President Cyril Ramaphosa said last month that he would use the army ...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said he will deploy the army to work alongside the police to tackle high levels of gang violence and other crimes in the country. Ramaphosa said on Thursday ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — It’s an unusual move for the African continent’s leading democracy: South Africa’s president announced that he will deploy the army to high-crime areas to fight the scourge of gang ...