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South African Minister of the Police Bheki Cele. (Xabiso Mkhabela/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Mass shootings in South Africa are often over group turf: how to stop the cycle of reprisals

The killings made international headlines and were shocking even in South Africa, a society with one of the highest murder rates in the world

The Bonteheuwel mass action follows a similar protest last Friday where residents in Kensington and Factreton, an adjacent community, united to campaign against gang violence. (David Harrison/M&G)

Shut down planned to protest gang violence in Cape Town

In the early hours of Wednesday morning the community of Bonteheuwel will shut down

Tshifhiwa Matodzi (left) Andile Ramavhunga. (Mduduzi Ndzingi/Sowetan/Gallo Images)

One shot, several injured in UK parliament “terrorist incident”

Prime Minister Theresa May was safe after the incident, a spokesperson for her office said.

Editorial: Fear comes too close to home

While Europe and North America may be afraid to go outside, we fear the crime that comes to us.

A suspect is arrested as police respond to a shooting at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston

South Carolina church shooting a ‘hate crime’ – police

A gunman opened fire and killed nine people at a historic black church in downtown Charleston, South Carolina, in what police say is a "hate crime".

A Facebook community called Our Three Winners has been set up for posts about the three students.

Three Muslim students killed in North Carolina university town

A gunman killed three students in Chapel Hill before turning himself in, but the police are keeping mum about his motive.

Khuli Chana demands compensation from police

After being shot and missing a performance, hip-hop musician Khuli Chana’s lawyers have submitted a letter to the police demanding compensation.

Stranded passengers wait for buses to pick them up as normal operations slowly return after a shooting incident at Los Angeles International Airport. (AFP)

Police probe motive after LA Airport shooting

The FBI says it would be premature to comment on a motivation at this time and joint investigators have neither ruled out terrorism, nor ruled it in.

Discharged US military veteran Aaron Alexis has been identified as the lone US Navy Yard gunman (Reuters)

FBI identifies US navy yard gunman

The FBI has identified the dead gunman who killed 12 people at a Washington navy yard and eliminated the possibility of a second suspect.

Students wait outside the grounds of Santa Monica College after multiple shootings were reported on the campus. (AFP)

At least four dead in US rampage

A gunman has killed at least four people in a shooting rampage in the US state of California before police shot him dead in a college library.

Mass shootings in the US are often associated with a surge in demand for firearms.

Americans fear weapon control laws after Connecticut shooting

Karl Durkheimer’s gun shop enjoyed record sales of semi-automatic firearms — "modern sporting rifles", as he calls them — and handguns last weekend.

People gather for a prayer vigil at St Rose Church following an elementary school shooting in Newtown

Obama calls for ‘meaningful action’ after school shooting

"We’ve endured too many of these tragedies in the past few years," Obama said during a somber televised appearance in the White House briefing room.

All Lonmin’s mining operations are in the Bushveld complex.

Killing gene is embedded in our psyche

For as long as South Africans believe they can get away with murder, they will continue to kill. What do we say now that black people are in charge?

British police seek answers after shooting rampage

Baffled police were trying on Thursday to work out why a quiet taxi driver gunned down 12 people around England’s serene Lake District.

Gunmen kill Darfur aid worker

Armed men have shot dead a Sudanese aid worker in Darfur in the latest of a string of attacks on international organisations in Sudan’s violent west.

Premier shot at after councillor’s funeral

North West Premier Edna Molewa and her husband were shot at while returning from a funeral in Rustenburg, according to a media report on Tuesday.

Shooting inside Madagascar presidency

Shooting broke out inside Madagascan President Marc Ravalomanana’s office in Antananarivo moments after the army entered the compound on Monday.

Eleven killed in Alabama shooting spree

Eleven people, including the suspected gunman and his mother, were killed in a shooting spree and car chase in southern Alabama on Tuesday.

KZN ANC Youth League leader killed

The chairperson of the ANCYL in KwaZulu-Natal’s Umgababa area, outside Durban, died on Friday morning after being shot, police said.

Condolences pour in for slain traditional leader

Condolences continued to pour in on Friday for KZN inkosi Mbongeleni Zondi, who was shot dead in Durban’s Umlazi township on Thursday.