Multiple attackers killed at least 12 people and wounded nine others in a late-night mass shooting near South Africa's biggest city, Johannesburg, police say.

An armed gang opened fire in a poor neighbourhood in South Africa’s biggest city, killing 12 people and wounding at least nine before fleeing in a minibus, police said. The mass shooting unfolded late ...

JOHANNESBURG — Soldiers were deployed on the streets of South Africa’s biggest city on Wednesday after the president announced plans to use the army in several provinces in Africa’s leading economy to ...

A powerful demonstration about illegal immigration in Johannesburg has triggered a pivotal conversation about public safety.

Attackers rampage through impoverished Jumpers settlement; cops suspect motive related to illegal mining activities, which has been linked to organized crime ...

A former Johannesburg mayor who calls himself proudly xenophobic is eyeing victory in South Africa's upcoming vote as a candidate who can deliver law and order in a crime-ridden nation. The Barron's ...

JOHANNESBURG — A mass shooting in South Africa this week was the latest in a trend of killings in some of the country's poorest areas that experts say is a symptom of organized crime gangs taking ...