Gang-related crime in South Africa is widespread, but is under-reported outside hotspots such as the Cape Flats in Cape Town or Westbury in Johannesburg. In these areas gangs are deeply rooted and ...

The Public Servants’ Association (PSA) has raised concerns about the safety of correctional officials following a violent stabbing at Pollsmoor Prison. Two officials were injured in last week’s attack ...

A Cuban man deported by the United States to the African nation of Eswatini is on a hunger strike at a maximum-security ...

Parole applications average over 20 000 per year, but of those granted freedom, roughly one in four return to prison.

Years of civil war and economic crisis have left young people in South Sudan with a legacy of violence and poverty – and with ...

The recruitment of youths by gangs in Westbury has been highlighted by national police commissioner Gen Fannie Masemola ...

The 59-year-old, once self-proclaimed “super Trump supporter,” was taken into custody by ICE agents in South Florida during ...

The proposal by Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis to install cellphone signal-blocking technology at Pollsmoor Prison has triggered a national debate on prison security, crime prevention, and the ...