Three men from Diepsloot, Johannesburg, arrested for public violence were released on R500 bail each by the Randburg magistrate's court on Wednesday. Lifa Nkala, Loyiso Toyiya and Jack Hlongwane are ...

On November 24, the department of correctional services announced that former star athlete Oscar Pistorius would be free on parole in January, nearly 11 years after being found guilty of murdering his ...

One of the most common characteristics among gender-based violence perpetrators is that they had traumatic childhoods. But our government health sector has just over 250 psychologists - making ...

Both local and international residents of Diepsloot have denied claims that xenophobia is behind two days of violence in the township. "This isn't xenophobia, people are just jealous of the businesses ...

The residents of Diepsloot find themselves trapped in a perpetual state of fight or flight, as government's continuous failure to fulfill its promises has left them feeling neglected. Ongoing violent ...

DIEPSLOOT, South Africa – Ersido Ayele is still wearing the same pants, shirt and sweatshirt he had on when some 40 looters broke through the corrugated iron roof of his corner store almost three ...

Community leaders in South Africa’s violence-prone Diepsloot township say foreigners were not involved in the shooting to death of two people in the area on Friday, almost two weeks after Zimbabwean ...

Johannesburg - Political parties have bemoaned a recent spate of violence mostly targeted at foreign-owned shops in Diepsloot and the Vaal. The African National Congress (ANC) said on Tuesday that the ...

Residents barricade streets in Diepsloot. Photo: The Citizen/Nigel Sibanda Unrest continues to stir in South Africa as locals insist on the immediate release of three community leaders who are ...

Rethabile Mosese, the acting executive director of Lawyers Against Abuse, gives readers the resources they need to get help for domestic violence issues during the lockdown. Photo: Supplied A 21-day ...