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Mandela grandchildren deny money-grabbing

Nelson Mandela's grandchildren insist they are not after his money after launching court action over alleged irregularities in two companies owned by South Africa's ailing anti-apartheid icon.

Carl Pistorius calm at his homicide trial

Carl Pistorius

Oscar Pistorius' older brother Carl has sat looking at his mobile phone during police testimony at his culpable homicide trial.

Rising nations' bank flags global power shift

BRICS leaders

Mike Cohen, Ilya Arkhipov Emerging markets are uniting to tackle underdevelopment and currency volatility with plans to set up institutions that encroach on the roles of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund.

Nelson Mandela back in hospital

South Africans pray for Mandela (Thumbnail)

Former South African president Nelson Mandela has been hospitalised with a recurrent lung infection.

Mandela 'comfortable' as breathing eases

Mandela on the mend (Thumbnail)

Jean Liou Nelson Mandela is comfortable and breathing without difficulty on his third day in hospital after the anti-apartheid hero was treated for pneumonia, South Africa's presidency says.

Murder inquiry after police drag man behind van

A Mozambican taxi driver handcuffed to the back of a police van while being dragged by the van in Daveyton.

Sibongile Khumalo DAVEYTON: South Africa has opened a murder investigation into the death of a Mozambican taxi driver who was filmed being dragged by a police van through the streets, in a case that has sparked...

Guns enthusiast Pistorius collected a variety of firearms

Johannesburg In his Olympic year, Oscar Pistorius steadily became an avid firearms collector, joining a gun-collecting club and purchasing a collection of firearms that included a .

Police held for drag death of taxi driver

An undated handout picture shows 27-year-old taxi driver from Mozambique, Mido Macia (L) posing with his sister Melida, made available to Reuters on March 1, 2013. South Africa suspended eight police officers on Friday after the death of a man they had bound to a vehicle and dragged through a busy street in a videotaped incident that has further blackened the reputation of the police.
 Mido Macia, a 27-year-old taxi driver from Mozambique, was found dead in detention with signs of head injuries and internal bleeding, according to an initial post-mortem report released by South Africa's police watchdog. REUTERS/courtesy of the family/Handout (SOUTH AFRICA - Tags: CRIME LAW POLITICS) NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. FOR  EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS PICTURE IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

Shabtai Gold, Johannesburg Eight police officers have been arrested and will face murder charges over their involvement in the death of a suspect who was tied to the back of a police vehicle and dragged.

Police arrested over taxi driver dragged to death

Relatives of Mido Macia hold the front page of the local newspaper

Shabtai Gold Eight South African police officers have been arrested and will face murder charges over the death of a suspect who was tied to the back of a police vehicle and dragged.

Blame ANC for gun crime, says Pistorius' father

Henke Pistorius

Aislinn Laing The father of Oscar Pistorius, the Paralympian who shot his girlfriend dead on Valentine's Day, has blamed the failure of the ANC government to bring down violent crime for the high number of South...

Bungling Pistorius detective Botha quits

Hilton Botha

Hilton Botha, the detective who bungled investigations into the case against Paralympian star sprinter Oscar Pistorius has quit the force, South African police say.

Bodies linked to Winnie Mandela exhumed

Winnie Madikizela Mandela in 1997.

The remains of two South African youths have been exhumed, nearly 25 years after they went missing in an apartheid-era disappearance linked to Nelson Mandela's former wife Winnie.

Another S African cop arrested for drag assault

South African policemen

Johannesburg: A South African police sergeant has been arrested for dragging a man by his neck from a vehicle just weeks after a similar assault, the force's watchdog says.

Pistorius' brother charged over fatal crash

Carl Pistorius

JOHANNESBURG: The older brother of South African star athlete Oscar Pistorius, himself accused of murdering his girlfriend, has been charged with culpable homicide over a car accident in 2010, local...

Pistorius must 'live with his conscience' if he lied: Steenkamp's father

Oscar Pistorius

Harriet Alexander and A. Hawes The distraught father of the woman killed by Oscar Pistorius has said that the sportsman will have to ''live with his conscience'' if he has lied about her death.

Pistorius' brother facing homicide charge

Carl Pistorius.

The brother of the South African athlete Oscar Pistorius has been charged with culpable homicide over a car accident in 2010, media reports say.

Carl Pistorius charged over woman's death as police find 'sex stimulant' in Blade Runner's home

Carl and Oscar Pistorius.

The older brother of South African star athlete Oscar Pistorius, himself accused of murdering his girlfriend, has been charged with culpable homicide over a car accident in 2010, local media report.

Pistorius to hold memorial for girlfriend

Pistorius

South African star athlete Oscar Pistorius will mourn the girlfriend he is charged with murdering in a private memorial service Tuesday night, his publicist said.

Substance at Pistorius house a herbal remedy

Oscar Pistorius.

Herbal remedy marketed for temporary muscle relief and symptoms associated with male sexual weakness.

Dragging death in South Africa sparks outrage

A picture grabbed on an amateur video and released by the South African Daily Sun newspaper shows people and policemen looking at a Mozambican taxi driver handcuffed to the back of a police van in Daveyton on February 28, 2013.

Sibongile Khumalo Mozambican taxi driver filmed being dragged by a police van in South Africa.