South Africa

South African police fire rubber bullets at looters as Xenophobic attacks spread to Johannesburg. At least four people have been killed since violence erupted in Durban two weeks ago.

South Africa is not like any other country – it has a special place in the hearts of ordinary Africans. But that could change after the recent fatal attacks on immigrants.

Police in the South African capital fire rubber bullets and tear gas on protesters who had been staging an anti-immigrant demonstration and pelted vehicles and police with rocks.

In the past 48 hours at least five immigrants have been killed in the latest in a string of xenophobic attacks in Durban, South Africa. Most of the pictures are too graphic to show.

Two muggers are caught on camera in South Africa robbing a reporter and his production team as they wait to do a live report outside a Johannesburg hospital.

South Africa’s parliament descends into chaos as opposition lawmakers are forcibly removed after disrupting President Jacob Zuma’s annual address over corruption allegations.

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.

Anish Hindocha, brother of Anni Dewani, says his family “will never be able to heal” after Shrien Dewani was cleared of Anni’s murder – and there are “more questions than answers” after the trial.

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.