South African opposition politician Julius Malema has been found guilty of illegal possession of a gun and firing it in public, offences which carry a minimum sentence of 15 years in prison.

Former Police Minister Bheki Cele told Parliament that South Africa’s biggest crimes were planned in prisons, urging that ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A South African woman was sentenced to life in prison Thursday for selling her 6-year-old daughter. Kelly Smith was sentenced by a judge alongside two others, her ...

In a landmark ruling, for what lawyers believe to be the first time ever in South Africa, a person has been sentenced to prison for verbal racial abuse. Suggested Reading All The Times Fascism Came ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Five men deported by the United States to Eswatini in July have been held in a maximum-security prison in the African nation for seven weeks without charge or ...

South African mother Racquel "Kelly" Smith (R) w got life in prison Thursday for selling her daughter Joshlin for $1,100. She, her boyfriend and a friend of the couple were all convicted for ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Former South African ...

A Cuban man deported by the United States to the African nation of Eswatini is on a hunger strike at a maximum-security ...

Carte Blanche shines a spotlight on a remarkable artistic milestone inside South Africa’s prisons, where inmates are telling ...

DOUBLE murder accused Ruth Lawrence’s boyfriend is a convicted killer, a court heard today. Dubliner Lawrence, 46, who has an ...