Women in South Africa are turning to guns and martial arts for self-defense in a country where rates of gender-based violence are extremely high.

South Africa has deployed soldiers to Johannesburg to combat gang violence and illegal mining, following President Ramaphosa's declaration of organized crime as a significant threat.

South Africa's move to classify gender-based violence and femicide as a national disaster raises expectations for urgent action.South Africa has a femicide rate that is five times higher than the ...

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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Hundreds of women wearing black gathered in a Johannesburg park on Friday, one day before the start of the Group of 20 summit, to stage a 15-minute lie-down protest symbolizing the ...

Women train at the Out There Sport Shooting Range in Bronkhorstspruit, Pretoria, South Africa, Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Jacques Nelles) ...

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is extremely concerned at recent xenophobic violence in South Africa. Those targeted have included refugees and asylum-seekers. Reportedly four people were killed in the ...

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