The Latest Breaking News from Cape Town

If Miriam Makeba is hailed as the South African vocalist of her generation who brilliantly embraced (and actually shaped) global music sounds, and Sathima Bea Benjamin as the experimenter who entranced the modern jazz scene in Europe and the US, then Ncediwe Sylvia Mdunyelwa joins that pantheon of late, great…

Cape Town in South Africa often tops international travel polls and was recently voted the best city in the world to travel to by readers of a UK newspaper. But the reality for many residents is a stark contrast.

Violence has erupted all around Cape Town following last week's announcement of a disruptive taxi strike against new local legislation allowing authorities to impound irregular vehicles. In the absence of this critical mode of transportation, commuters living in nearby townships have been left stranded – an issue that has primarily…

A British father killed in South Africa after taking a wrong turn has been named as an award-winning surgeon.

A British man has been killed amid violent protests in the South African city of Cape Town after the vehicle he was riding in drove into the midst of some of the unrest

The man, 40, took wrong turning from airport into Nyanga township, where protests were taking place

Five people have lost lives since strikes began over taxi impounds one week ago, police say

The doctor was thought to have taken a wrong turn from the nearby Cape Town International Airport while driving with two other people when a group approached the vehicle and shot him

One person was killed and three others were wounded in a shooting near the Cape Town International Airport