Lawyers

• 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 African police fire stun grenades as students march on parliament

  South African riot police fired stun grenades on Wednesday at hundreds of protesting students who stormed the parliament precinct in Cape Town to try to disrupt the reading of Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene's interim budget.

• Families of South Africa's 'Marikana Massacre' victims file civil suit

  Families of 37 of the South African miners killed during a 2012 wildcat strike at a mine run by platinum producer Lonmin have filed civil claims against the minister of police, a support group said.

• South African private school firm denies race segregation charges

  A popular South African private school firm on Friday denied charges of racially segregating classrooms, saying it sometimes separates children based on culture, a policy that has provoked public anger 20 years 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.

• Prison would "break" Pistorius - defense witness

  South African athlete Oscar Pistorius would be "broken as a person" if he were jailed for killing his girlfriend because of his disability and psychological problems, a defense witness at his sentencing hearing said on Tuesday.

• Rohingya could face detention under Myanmar draft plan

  Myanmar's national government has drafted a plan that will give around a million members of the persecuted Rohingya Muslim ethnic minority a bleak choice: accept ethnic reclassification and the prospect of citizenship, or be detained.

• US Federal Judge rules for apartheid victim's lawsuit

  In a landmark decision, US District Court Judge Shira Scheindlin ruled that US multinational companies may be held liable for human rights atrocities committed overseas in a lawsuit filed in the United States.