The family of Anni Dewani, whose husband has been cleared of her murder during the couple’s South Africa honeymoon, say they are “deeply disappointed” that the justice system has failed them.
Luke Somers, a British-born photojournalist held hostage by al-Qaeda in Yemen, is killed in a failed rescue attempt.
Riot police enter the South African parliament to remove opposition MPs after they call President Jacob Zuma a thief and a criminal.
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.
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.
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 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.
Oscar Pistorius is sentenced to five years in prison for the culpable homicide (manslaughter) of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
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.
Tom Clarke
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.
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.
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.
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.