Experts reveal a troubling link between rising school violence in South Africa and the societal trauma children experience at ...

South Africa is facing a gender-based violence crisis that has reached alarming levels, with statistics revealing that over ...

The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education is alarmed by a surge in violent incidents among learners, prompting urgent calls ...

A teachers' union in KwaZulu-Natal says school violence should be treated as a crime, instead of acts of misconduct.

One person was shot dead and another wounded outside Mitchell's Plain Magistrate's Court, as rising gun violence continues to ...

South Africa has one of the highest femicide rates anywhere in the world. More than 2,700 South African women and 1,000 children were killed last year, according to police figures.

Spates of taxi-related violence in South Africa are commonplace and usually deadly. Images of minibus taxis set alight in ...

JOHANNESBURG - Recent school violence has involved serious instances of physical violence. Last week a principal was stabbed ...

A crowd of protesters staged a demonstration against gender-based violence in the South African capital of Pretoria on Friday as part of a national outcry after an alleged rape of a 7-year-old girl.

A Medical Research Council study found that 28 percent of men in South Africa reported having perpetrated rape; three-quarters of first-time rapists are like Rebombo – under the age of 20.