Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. South African Army Chief General Rudzani Maphwanya is facing backlash in his home country following the release of alleged ...

The army has been deployed to five of South Africa's nine provinces for a year-long operation.

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Soldiers were deployed to the streets of South Africa’s biggest city Wednesday in an effort to help police fight gang violence and illegal mining. It was the first major deployment ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa's president has authorized a yearlong deployment by the army to fight crime in some of the country's violence-stricken areas. The move has underlined how ...

South African soldiers deployed in the country's high-crime areas have dismantled illegal mining operations Johannesburg.

South Africa Army Deployed South African National Defense Force officers search suspects, in the Westbury township of Johannesburg, South Africa, Wednesday, March 11 ...