South Africa
# south-africa - Monday 17 June, 2013
Sensational own goal ends South Africa’s World Cup dreams
Bernard Parker scored at both ends in last night’s qualifier in Addis Ababa.
# south-africa - Sunday 16 June, 2013
Mandela’s health improving as he ‘engages with his family’
Jacob Zuma has again sought the prayers of South Africans, in wishing the state’s former president a happy Father’s Day.
# south-africa - Wednesday 12 June, 2013
49 years to the day since he was imprisoned, Mandela begins fifth day in hospital
The anti-apartheid leader’s condition continues to be described as “very serious but stable”.
# south-africa - Tuesday 11 June, 2013
Nelson Mandela’s condition unchanged as he faces fourth day in hospital
South Africans are being urged to ‘let go’ of their former leader as his condition remains unchanged.
# south-africa - Monday 10 June, 2013
Nelson Mandela’s condition remains the same, serious but stable
It marks the second hospitalisation in as many months for the frail anti-apartheid hero, who will turn 95 in July.
# south-africa - Sunday 9 June, 2013
Prayers for Mandela as country urged to ‘let him go’
It is the fourth hospital stay since December for Mandela, who turns 95 next month.
# south-africa - Saturday 8 June, 2013
Connacht-bound So’oialo helps Samoa to 1st ever win over Scots
Alesana Tuilagi also scored twice to give the Pacific side a famous win in South Africa.
Mandela back in hospital in ‘serious but stable’ condition
It marks the second hospitalisation in as many months for the frail anti-apartheid hero, who will turn 95 in July.
# south-africa - Sunday 2 June, 2013
Sports film of the week: Living with the Lions
Kangaroo courts, cross-dressing prop forwards and some pretty good rugby too…
# south-africa - Monday 27 May, 2013
Gunmen kidnap two foreign tourists in Yemen
A man and a woman were seized today while they were outside a hotel in the eastern part of the central Yemeni city of Taiz.
# south-africa - Sunday 26 May, 2013
Oscar Pistorius fined for unpaid taxes – report
The family have denied reports that the athlete is facing financial ruin because of legal costs.
# south-africa - Tuesday 21 May, 2013
Oscar Pistorius’ brother acquitted of killing woman in road crash
Carl Pistorius’ case was brought to court shortly after athlete Oscar Pistorius shot dead his girlfriend on Valentine’s Day.
# south-africa - Tuesday 14 May, 2013
VIDEO: Safari guide drunkenly charges at an elephant (and then gets fired)
Of all the things to do when you’re drunk, this ranks among the dumbest.
# south-africa - Tuesday 30 April, 2013
Outraged South Africans condemn Mandela ‘exploitation’ after photocall
A frail looking Nelson Mandela was visited by president Jacob Zuma yesterday – his first public appearance in nine months.
# south-africa - Friday 12 April, 2013
Oscar Pistorius spending time with Reeva Steenkamp’s friends while on bail
A spokeswoman for the Pistorius family, said the athlete had begun a process of ‘interacting with people’.
# south-africa - Saturday 6 April, 2013
Nelson Mandela discharged from hospital
The 94-year-old will now receive home-based care.
# south-africa - Sunday 31 March, 2013
Storm brews over South African match-fixing
The country’s sports minister wants an independent inquiry to delve into the FIFA report.
# south-africa - Saturday 30 March, 2013
Nelson Mandela ‘comfortable and responding to treatment’
The former SA president is now breathing without difficulty.
# south-africa - Friday 29 March, 2013
Mandela in ‘good spirits’ despite hospital stay
The former South African president is receiving treatment for a lung infection.
# south-africa - Thursday 28 March, 2013
‘The country must not panic, Mandela is fine’ – Zuma reassures South Africa
Concerns have been raised about the hospitalisation of South Africa’s anti-apartheid leader and former president Nelson Mandela earlier today.
South African court clears Oscar Pistorius for international travel
Pistorius, who stands accused of murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, is due back in court on 4 June.
Mandela back in hospital with recurrent lung infection
It is the second time that the former South African president has been hospitalised this month.
# south-africa - Tuesday 12 March, 2013
South Africa: 9 police accused of taxi driver’s death denied bail
Bystanders filmed taxi driver Mido Macia being manhandled, handcuffed to the back of a police van and dragged hundreds of metres through the streets of Daveyton, a town east of Johannesburg.
# south-africa - Monday 11 March, 2013
Oscar Pistorius ‘certainly not suicidal’, insists uncle
According to a close friend, the sprinter’s state of mind had worsened since he was tasked with selling his racehorses to raise money to pay for his spiralling legal fees.
# south-africa - Thursday 7 March, 2013
Bungling detective in Pistorius case quits the force
The South African detective who bungled investigations into the case against Paralympian star sprinter Oscar Pistorius has quit the force.
# south-africa - Friday 1 March, 2013
South Africa arrests police after man dragged, killed
Eight policemen have been arrested and will appear in court on Monday.
The 9 at 9: Friday
Good morning. Here are nine things to know as you start your day.
‘Horrific and unacceptable’: SA president condemns ‘police dragging’ case
Eight police officers accused of dragging a taxi driver behind their car have been suspended this morning.
# south-africa - Wednesday 27 February, 2013
Substance at Oscar Pistorius’s house a muscle remedy — publicist
Pistorius was freed on bail on Friday ahead of a trial on a murder charge over the Valentine’s Day killing of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
# south-africa - Sunday 24 February, 2013
Updated: Brother of Oscar Pistorius charged with culpable homicide
The charge is as a result of a car accident in 2010 in which a female motorcyclist was killed.
# south-africa - Saturday 23 February, 2013
Father of Reeva Steenkamp says Pistorius will ‘suffer’ if he’s lying
Barry Steenkamp said that he might be able to forgive the Olympian one day if he is telling the truth.
# south-africa - Friday 22 February, 2013
11 countries to sign DR Congo peace accord: UN
Eleven African countries have been invited to sign a UN-brokered accord aiming to end more than two decades of conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
Pistorius family ‘relieved but still very sad’
Oscar Pistorius was granted bail by a South African court earlier today.
Oscar Pistorius granted bail
The 26-year-old will stand trial later this year.
Bail hearing over Oscar Pistorius shooting enters final day
Some lawyers say the state has failed to present a strong enough case to keep Pistorius behind bars as the hearing enters a fourth day.
# south-africa - Thursday 21 February, 2013
Lead investigator taken off Reeva Steenkamp murder case
Officer Hilton Botha is no longer the lead investigator, South Africa Police said today.
Oscar Pistorius bail hearing adjourned again
The 26-year-old athlete’s trial for the murder of Reeva Steenkamp will take place later this year.
The 9 at 9: Thursday
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Pistorius back in court as lead detective faces attempted murder charges
Charges against the detective has been withdrawn and Botha said he thought their reinstatement was linked to his work on this case.
# south-africa - Wednesday 20 February, 2013
PICTURES: Oscar Pistorius in court
Photographers were briefly allowed to work inside the courtroom today.
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