When viewed through a continent-wide prism, the service delivery protest phenomenon in South Africa is clearly not just a ...

A former South African state security chief warned that high unemployment and poor governance could lead to social unrest ...

Thulani Dlomo, who previously headed the State Security Agency’s special operations unit, made these remarks at an event ...

Apartheid authorities hanged Moloise in 1985 when he was 30 years old for the killing of a security policeman, which he ...

Critical issues such as the government’s overreliance on taxes and the deterioration of basic services threaten social unrest in South Africa.

The South African armed forces say they have begun withdrawing their peacekeeping troops from rebel-controlled eastern Congo.

No ransom was initially made by the abductors but a demand was later made. Kidnappings in South Africa have increased more than 264 percent in the last decade, according to the outlet.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has ordered an inquiry to establish whether previous governments led by his party ...

Former South African State Security Agency (SSA) director-general Thulani Dlomo has sounded the alarm over the country's deepening socio-economic crisis, ...

Kerry Breen is a news editor at CBSNews.com. A graduate of New York University's Arthur L. Carter School of Journalism, she previously worked at NBC News' TODAY Digital. She covers current events ...