Gang Violence

Westbury residents express deep frustration over relentless gang wars, unfulfilled government promises, and an escalating distrust of police during a Gun Free South Africa…

The party has bristled at billionaire Johann Rupert’s remarks that the Cape Flats are the epicentre of South Africa’s violent crime problem

Calvin Cloete hacked Carmen Gouws to death with an axe and stomped on her back with such force that he left shoe imprints

A letter, apparently written by gangsters in Philippi, warns they will kill Somalis if extortion fees are paid to their rivals

Three more alleged gang members from the Americans and Jesters were killed on Tuesday in a Manenberg killing spree

Debate is heating up over the Child Justice Amendment Act increasing the criminal capacity age from 10 to 12 years

Community members live in fear of possible retaliatory shooting as police suspect the motive was gang related.

‘Squid Game’ is an explicit critique of the current mode of capitalism. But far too much popular discourse has overlooked or neglected its sociopolitical messages.

After spending more than 40 years in a life of gangsterism, Ralph Haricombe’s life changed after his son asked him to change his life

At least 50 more police and other law enforcement officers were sent to the area in response to the spate of violence

Like many community-based projects, Join Bands, Not Gangs has had to rely on donations to teach young children to play instruments to escape crime, gangsterism and drug abuse

Justice minister embarks on parole reform after recent murders of two Western Cape children allegedly by parolees

The prisons department says it has rehabilitation programmes. Others disagree, including an ex-inmate who says the only way to come right is to want to change

Several attorneys and advocates told the Mail & Guardian that their fraternity is now “under siege”.

Long-standing feuds between adults are playing out at schools, with the violence forcing them to be closed for long periods