Prosecution loses bid to get an even tougher sentence against Pistorius
The prosecution has lost its bid to have an even tougher jail sentence imposed on disgraced paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius for shooting dead his girlfriend on Valentine’s Day 2013. Judge Thokozile Masipa’s rejected the State’s bid for leave to appeal the six-year jail sentence for murder she eventually imposed on Pistorius. ends intro It was […]
Business leaders urge President Zuma to protect his finance minister
A group of South African business leaders has called on President Jacob Zuma to intervene and stop what they call attacks on Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan by the police special investigations unit known as the Hawks. They say in an open letter to Zuma that the spat between the Hawks and Gordhan threatens to devastate […]
Five decades of family rule at stake in Gabon’s election
Five decades of family rule are at stake when Gabonese go to the polls tomorrow. President Ali Bongo, seeking a second term, comes up against Jean Ping who was foreign minister in his father Omar Bongo’s government. ends intro Omar Bongo ruled the oil rich little country in west-central Africa for 42 years. Now his son, Ali Bongo […]