State to appeal Pistorius’s “shockingly lenient” sentence
Prosecutors in South Africa will appeal against what they call the shockingly lenient sentence handed to Oscar Pistorius for the murder of Reeva Steenkamp. The State believes the sentence is an injustice and has the potential to bring the administration of justice into disrepute. ends intro On July 6, Judge Thokozile Masipa handed the 29-year-old […]
South Africans in Turkey advised to exercise caution
South Africans in Turkey are advised to exercise caution in that country’s political crisis and stay in contact with the embassy. An official from the Department of International Relations and Cooperation says they’re not aware of any South Africans in distress following the abortive coup last week. ends intro Most of the South Africans who […]
Elsewhere in Africa
Elsewhere on the continent, Africa Correspondent Jean-Jacques reports ends intro Zimbabwe’s war veterans who lent muscular, often violent, backing to President Robert Mugabe have withdrawn their support from the 92-year-old president. They’re accusing him of dictatorial behavior and misrule. Swedish researchers in Ethiopia have found the anopheles mosquito that carries the malaria virus are repelled […]
Human rights groups urge UN Security Council to impose arms embargo on South Sudan
Human rights groups are calling on the United Nations Security Council to impose an arms embargo on South Sudan to stop attacks on civilians. They say this will send a strong message that the international community will not enable fighters who have shown a complete disregard for the laws of war ends intro Thirty human […]