Lawyers investigating the 2012 Marikana massacre say Cyril Ramaphosa, South Africa’s deputy president, could face charges at the International Criminal Court following the killings of 34 miners.
As the inquiry into the killings of 34 miners in Marikana reaches its final phase, the Bishop of Pretoria says the government is failing to protect people in post-apartheid South Africa.
South Africans raise the question of crime in the country following the killing of its national football team captain Senzo Meyiwa in an attempted robbery at a friend’s house.
Oscar Pistorius is sentenced to five years in prison for the culpable homicide (manslaughter) of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
Oscar Pistorius is given five years in prison in a sentence the judge hoped was “fair and just both to society and the accused”. But legal experts say he may serve just 10 or 20 months in jail.
Reeva Steenkamp’s cousin cries while testifying about how she first heard on a car radio that Oscar Pistorius had shot and killed his girlfriend.
He was cleared of murder, but found guilty of the culpable homicide – or manslaughter – of Reeva Steenkamp. But could Oscar Pistorius avoid jail? And how long could his sentence be?
Shrien Dewani, the British millionaire accused of murdering his wife on their honeymoon in South Africa, pleads not guilty.
The US is now dealing with the first case of Ebola to spread outside of Africa. As the size of the epidemic continues to grow exponentially there is a very high chance it won’t be the last.
Until he came to court, Oscar Pistorius had always rejected the term “disabled sportsman”. But his entire defence, says Kate Ansell, was based on how being disabled had affected him from an early age.
Oscar Pistorius is found guilty of the manslaughter of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, but not murder, and walks out of court on bail until his sentencing next month.
Judge Thokozile Masipa finds Oscar Pistorius not guilty of murdering his girlfriend after a six-month trial, but appears to be leaning towards a verdict of culpable homicide, or manslaughter.
As “blade runner” Oscar Pistorius waits for the verdict, Channel 4 News looks back over the key moments of his trial for the alleged murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
After four months, 37 witnesses and a whirlwind of global media activity, Oscar Pistorius will learn his fate at the end of this week: whether it is 25 years in prison or walking free.
During closing arguments, the murder trial of Oscar Pistorius hears his defence lawyer explain that the “exaggerated responses” of the highly trained athlete caused him to fire instinctively.