In a country where several rapes are said to occur every minute, in a township where violence is commonplace, this was a crime that shocked the entire community of Diepsloot, South Africa.

Sullen young men sit on cracked plastic chairs in a tavern in Diepsloot, a vast impoverished township on the northern outskirts of the country’s largest city, Johannesburg. They suck on big ...

Over the years, Thanjani Mangoma has dug many graves here at the cemetery in Diepsloot, a huge, impoverished township north of Johannesburg. But he says "it’s only the small graves" that affect him.

Just north of Johannesburg’s flashy suburbs lies Diepsloot. The sprawling township is a congregation of wooden and corrugated iron shacks. Many youths are hoping to improve their lives and the ...

Johannesburg - Roads near Diepsloot township were safe for motorists on Monday morning following violent clashes with the police at the weekend, an official said. "For this morning, the road is safe," ...

The case has sparked outrage and demonstrations in the township Four men have been charged with the rape and murder of two toddlers in the South African township of Diepsloot, north of Johannesburg.

Protesters targeted shacks belonging to foreign nationals who they say are behind criminal activities in the area and set them alight.

The transformer supplying the offices of the South African Depression And Anxiety Group (Sadag), and Lawyers Against Abuse in Diepsloot township broke down in May 2023. The organisations ...

It was not known when the drinking water supply in parts of the Diepsloot township would be fully restored, Johannesburg Water said. “I can’t say when the water will be restored but we are doing ...