TOPSHOT - Mostly women take part in a protest against gang violence, with particular focus on sexual violence against women outside the South African Parliament on August 1, 2019, in Cape Town. - South Africa in July deployed some 1,300 soldiers to shore up the police forces which has been battling deadly gang violence ravaging the area. A new report on urban safety released by the South African Cities Network this year, showed Cape Town recorded the highest murder rates in the country at 69 people killed per 100,000 -- double the national average of rate recorded last year. (Photo by RODGER BOSCH / AFP)