South African king of Nelson Mandela's clan gets 12-year jail term

A tribal king in South Africa faces lengthy jail time after being convicted of arson, kidnapping and other crimes in a case that highlighted tension between sovereignty of the state and traditional authority structures.

Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo, king of South Africa's Thembu people, appeared to have few legal options after the justice minister on Tuesday rejected a petition to reopen the case.

KwaZulu-Natal man stoned to death, dumped in dam

The body of a man who was stoned to death at Inanda Dam in KwaZulu-Natal on Sunday night was pulled from the water on Monday morning.

Residents from the Maphephetheni area heard screams in the middle of the night and on Monday morning discovered a bloodied rope near the water’s edge.

Reeva Steenkamp's father says he wants to meet Oscar Pistorius face-to-face

The father of Oscar Pistorius's girlfriend says he wants to meet the Paralympic athlete to seek closure over the killing of his daughter.

Pistorius was released last week after just a year in prison for shooting dead Reeva Steenkamp through a locked toilet door in their bedroom in the early hours of Valentine's Day 2013.

See What This South African Lady Think About Nigerian Women

See What This South African Lady Think About Nigerian Women

INTERVIEW: Nigerians pay lower for DSTV subscription than consumers in other countries – Multichoice CEO

Tim Jacobs, chief executive officer of Multichoice and John Ugbe, the company’s managing director in Nigeria, recently had an interactive session with journalists in Kenya.

PREMIUM TIMES’ Festus Owete was there. Excerpts:

Photos: Nigerian man arrested in South Africa for possession of drugs

A 35-year-old Nigerian man was arrested in Mokopane, SA, on October 15, for being in possession of crystal meth, rock and cocaine to the value of more than R200 000. The arrest followed info that was supplied by crime intelligence and members of the K9 unit. 

Provincila Col Ronel Otto said the police also confiscated a laptop, three cell phones and cash from the Nigerian. The man will appear in the Mokorong Magistrates’ Court soon, said Otto.

Source: South Africa Police Service

Tragic!! Armed gang 'rape woman in front of boyfriend then force her to watch them drown him in lake'

A woman was allegedly raped in front of her horrified boyfriend by an armed gang who then tied him up and threw him into a lake where he drowned.

Another couple with them were also attacked and the man bound and drowned in the lake alongside his friend.

Picture credit Africametro

The friends were taking a walk in Rhodes Park, Kensington, near Johannesburg, South Africa , around 9pm local time on Saturday when they were attacked by the all-male gang.

Oscar Pistorius to be moved to house arrest- BBC News

Olympic and Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius, jailed for killing his girlfriend, is to be freed from prison to house arrest next Tuesday, a South African parole board says.

Oscar Pistorius

He was sentenced to five years in prison in 2014 after being found guilty of culpable homicide, or manslaughter.

He shot Reeva Steenkamp through a locked bathroom door but said he thought she was an intruder.

The prosecution has appealed, saying he should instead be convicted of murder.

That case is expected to be heard on 3 November. Pistorius has spent 12 months in jail and will now spend the rest of his sentence under what is termed in South Africa "correctional supervision", the parole board said.