According to a study by Mexican council for public security and criminal Justice,Cape Town which is in South Africa has been ranked the most dangerous city in Africa.
The city was ranked 11th in the list of most dangerous city in the world. The world’s most dangerous city is Tijuana in Mexico with the biggest cases of violence. Of the 50 cities in the 2018 ranking, 15 are located in Mexico, 14 in Brazil, 6 in Venezuela, 4 in the United States, 3 in South Africa, 2 in Colombia, 2 also in Honduras and there is one in Guatemala, El Salvador, Puerto Rico and Jamaica.
South African government have deployed troops in certain areas to curb violence with most violence murders said to be gang related.
Research has further shown that between November 2018 and May 2019, over 2000 murders were recorded in the port city.
The city records an average of eight murders a day, for the first six months of this year.
South African soldiers were deployed on 18 July to western Cape violence has killed more than 2,000 people over the past seven months in mainly poor black and coloured mixed-race areas.
The government hopes that a new provincial commissioner will help deal with the waves of violence in the metropolis.