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(Reuters) – A South African judge cleared Oscar Pistorius of premeditated murder on Thursday, saying prosecutors had failed to prove the Olympic and Paralympic track star explicitly intended to kill his girlfriend on Valentine’s Day last year. Although she described the 27-year-old as a “very poor” and “evasive” witness, judge Thokozile Masipa said this did not mean the track star was necessary guilty in a case that she said was based entirely on circumstantial evidence. […]
(Reuters) – Lesotho’s prime minister, Thomas Thabane, on Saturday accused his country’s army of staging a coup against him and fled to neighbouring South Africa, which condemned the military’s action and called for a peaceful settlement. Early morning gunfire was heard in Maseru, capital of the small southern African kingdom encircled by South Africa. Army units occupied police headquarters and surrounded the prime minister’s residence, residents and diplomats said. Hours after the army’s move, the […]
South African sprinter Oscar Pistorius has again taken the stand to testify in his own defense at his murder trial. Pistorius has admitted shooting his girlfriend dead, but has said it was an accident. The Paralympic and Olympic sprinter faced a second day of cross-examination by the chief prosecutor, Gerrie Nel on Thursday, in a trial that has drawn widespread international media attention. Nel began Thursday’s proceedings by accusing Pistorius of being selfish in his […]
An estimated 200 miners were trapped in an illegal mine near Johannesburg, South Africa. Rescue operations are still ongoing.
