South Africa in the news:
- Pistorius ‘has to pay for his crime,’ Reeva Steenkamp’s father says: PRETORIA, South Africa (CNN) – Reeva Steenkamp’s father delivered a gut-wrenching plea Tuesday for Oscar Pistorius to be punished for murdering his daughter. Weeping on the witness stand in a sentencing hearing for Pistorius, Barry Steenkamp said he still …: “South Africa” – BingNews
- At the World’s 50 Best Restaurants Awards Eleven Madison Park Wins Big: “For us [World’s 50 Best] is massive,” Luke Dale-Roberts of The Test Kitchen in South Africa told the Observer. Roberts has attended the event in London for the past three years and took home the number 22 slot, as well as the Best In Africa award on …: “South Africa” – BingNews
- Reeva Steenkamp’s father testifies at Oscar Pistorius sentencing: PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — His voice breaking with emotion, the father of Reeva Steenkamp testified in a South African court on Tuesday that her fatal shooting by boyfriend Oscar Pistorius “devastated” his family and that he thinks of her …: “South Africa” – BingNews
- Day one of Oscar sentencing: Pistorius suffers from PTSD – psychologist: The minimum sentence for murder in South Africa is 15 years in jail, though a judge can reduce that sentence in some circumstances. “(Pistorius) is adamant that he never wants to touch or handle a firearm again”, said Scholtz on Monday. After serving a …: “South Africa” – BingNews
- What did we just see? Assessing the big Test matches of the weekend: South Africa vs Ireland: Going into this match, there was a sense of optimism in the air as far as the Springboks were concerned. The Heyneke Meyer era was consigned to the history books, and Allister Coetzee was going to usher in a new era of Springboks. His squad selection was …: “South Africa” – BingNews