Informal settlements in South Africa are unplanned residential areas usually made up of shacks or similar structures.

The shooting took place at Jumpers Informal Settlement in Cleveland at around 11.10pm on Tuesday. Catch up on what happened ...

South African security forces have arrested more than 200 people, most of them undocumented foreign nationals, in a major ...

Police in South Africa have launched a manhunt after 12 people were killed in a mass shooting at an informal settlement in Johannesburg. At least 10 suspects, heavily armed with rifles, entered the ...

Police say a manhunt is under way for more than 10 suspects after the attack on an informal settlement.

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — An armed gang opened fire in a poor neighborhood in South Africa’s biggest city, killing 12 people and wounding at least nine, before fleeing in a minibus, police said Wednesday.

Multiple attackers killed 12 people and wounded at least nine in a late-night mass shooting in Johannesburg, police said Wednesday, the latest in such attacks that have shaken the South African city.

GANGS have been hunting illegal migrants in South Africa and have issued a deadline for nearly 10 million people to leave. A ...

A mass shooting in South Africa this week was the latest in a trend of killings in some of the country's poorest areas that experts say is a symptom of organized crime gangs taking advantage of the ...

A manhunt is underway for more than 10 suspects that police believe were dropped off in a white Toyota Quantum late on Tuesday night, before fleeing in the same vehicle after carrying out the attack.