Lawyers

• U.S. Government's Diplomats in South Africa Accused of Pursuing Regime Change

  South Africa's ruling party, ANC, accused the United States government of having irregular activities in attempt to spur regime change inside the country. ANC is slated to discuss the matter with the concerned authorities in Washington.

• Truman Prince to exhaust all legal remedies if found guilty

  Truman Prince is in hot water again as he stands accused of giving tender and assaulting a female traffic officer. The ANC will conduct a disciplinary hearing and will submit a judgment this Friday if the proceedings willnot be delayed.

• South Africa's ANC to push for tougher laws to criminalize racism

  South Africa's political party, the ANC, says it will seek to strengthen anti-racism laws in the country after a rasist comment on Facebook sparked public outcry by describing black people as "monkeys".

• South Africa plans to leave International Criminal Court

  South Africa plans to leave the International Criminal Court (ICC), a deputy minister said on Sunday, as the government faces criticism for ignoring a court order to arrest Sudan's president earlier this year.

• South Africa lawmakers reject bid to impeach Zuma over Bashir saga

  South Africa's parliament on Tuesday rejected investigating President Jacob Zuma for possible impeachment for allowing Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir to evade an arrest warrant and leave the country in June.

• Judge throws out fraud case against South African firebrand Malema

  A judge threw out corruption charges against South African opposition firebrand Julius Malema on Tuesday, a ruling hailed as a major victory by the vocal critic of President Jacob Zuma.

• Statue row blots Mandela's post-apartheid vision for South Africa

  South Africa's University of Cape Town removed a statue of British imperialist Cecil Rhodes on Thursday to cheers from students, a symbolic move that exposes persistent racial divides two decades after the end of apartheid.

• South Africa's 'Prime Evil' apartheid killer freed on parole

  Apartheid death-squad leader Eugene de Kock, dubbed 'Prime Evil' for his role in the torture and murder of scores of black South African activists in the 1980s and early 1990s, was granted parole on Friday after more than 20 years in prison.

• Pistorius verdict, sentence facing appeal

  South African prosecutors will appeal against the culpable homicide verdict and five-year jail sentence passed on Oscar Pistorius last week after public and legal criticism of the judge's decision to absolve the track star of murder.