Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A former gold mine worker smokes heroin on the street in the Hillbrow neighbourhood of Johannesburg, South Africa When Nelson ...

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

South Africa has deployed troops to the streets of the country’s biggest city to help police fight gang violence and illegal ...

With a population of some 3.8 million, the stunningly beautiful Cape Town is South Africa's second-largest city and one of its top tourist attractions. But the neighborhoods on its outskirts, known as ...