South Africa’s ex-Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius was released from jail on parole Friday and “is now at home”, authorities said, almost 11 years after he shot dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in a crime that gripped the world.Having served more than half his sentence, the 37-year-old double-amputee was quietly whisked away from the Atteridgeville prison …
South Africa’s ex-Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius was released from jail on parole Friday and “is now at home”, authorities said, almost 11 years after he shot dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in a crime that gripped the world.Having served more than half his sentence, the 37-year-old double-amputee was quietly whisked out from the Atteridgeville prison …
S.Africa’s Pistorius released from prisonFri, 05 Jan 2024 08:21:38 GMT Read More »
At the 2012 London Olympics, before 80,000 roaring fans and a constellation of camera flashes, it took Oscar Pistorius 45.44 seconds to become a global icon. A year later, he shot his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp dead with four bullets. The 37-year-old former athlete convicted of murder was released from prison on parole Friday having served more …
Oscar Pistorius: Olympian hero turned disgraced killerFri, 05 Jan 2024 08:08:45 GMT Read More »
South Africa’s ex-Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius will be released from prison on parole Friday, almost 11 years after he shot dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in a crime that gripped the world.Having served more than half his sentence, the 37-year-old double-amputee will leave the Atteridgeville prison on the outskirts of the capital Pretoria.The time and …
S.Africa’s Pistorius to be released from prisonFri, 05 Jan 2024 04:20:18 GMT Read More »
Senegal’s Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a six-month suspended sentence handed to jailed opposition leader Ousmane Sonko for defamation, a state lawyer said, a decision widely seen as jeopardising his chances of running for president.The 49-year-old, who has filed to stand in next month’s presidential election, has been at the centre of a stand-off with …
Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, the commander of Sudanese paramilitary forces that are fighting the national army, met South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in Pretoria on Thursday as part of a tour of African capitals.Daglo has also met regional leaders in Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia and Djibouti since late December, his first visits abroad since the start of …
Sudan paramilitary leader Daglo holds talks in PretoriaThu, 04 Jan 2024 21:05:55 GMT Read More »
India’s victory in the second Test against South Africa in Cape Town on Thursday broke many records, most notably becoming the shortest completed Test match in the history of the game, lasting just 624 balls. AFP looks at the five shortest matches to produce a winner in the 147-year history of Test cricket. – 642 balls: India …
Cricket: Five shortest Tests in historyThu, 04 Jan 2024 17:30:46 GMT Read More »
French energy giant TotalEnergies said Thursday it had launched a review of its land acquisition practices for controversial $10-billion projects in Uganda and Tanzania slammed by environmentalists.TotalEnergies is pushing ahead with its Tilenga drilling project in Uganda and the 1,443-kilometre (897-mile) East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) to transport it to the coast in Tanzania …
The flamboyantly plumed Secretary Bird and the serpent-catching Snake Eagle are among dozens of Africa’s large birds of prey facing a human-driven “extinction crisis” researchers said on Thursday.Previous research has shown that rapid human and agricultural expansion has had a particularly dire impact on vultures in Africa, due to habitat change and poisoning.But the new study by …
Indian captain Rohit Sharma said his team’s seven-wicket win inside two days over South Africa in the second Test at Newlands on Thursday had shown their ability to play anywhere in the world.India bounced back from an innings defeat in the first Test in Centurion to share the two-match series, chasing down a target of …
