The family of Reeva Steenkamp say they will not launch an appeal over her killer's six-year jail sentence insisting 'nothing will bring her back'.

Disgraced Paralympian Oscar Pistorius has been sentenced to six years in prison for murder of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013.

The revered South African leader's voice is being used by the main opposition party for campaign advertising.

Oscar Pistorius has said Reeva Steenkamp would not want him to go back to prison for her murder.

The mental state of Oscar Pistorius is "too severe" and he should be sent to hospital rather than prison, a court has been told.

If you've ever dreamed of a safari holiday but baulked at the price, here's your chance to experience one from afar.

Talk about a bull in a china shop - but this time, it's a buffalo in a bar.

A mother who was reunited with a daughter nearly 18 years after she was snatched broke down as she faced the woman accused of taking her.

A group of tourists got the surprise of their life when their car bumper was ripped clean off by a playful lion.

AB de Villiers describes his appointment as captain of South Africa's test team as the fulfilment of a lifelong dream.

Oscar Pistorius could be convicted of murder within weeks if South Africa's supreme court of appeal decides he should have known his actions would kill.

The paralympic athlete was freed from prison yesterday, almost a year to the day after he was jailed for shooting his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp dead.

He has served less than a year in jail for killing his girlfriend.

South Africa's murder rate has increased for the third year running, with opposition groups saying the figures mirror "a country at war".

Ian Mellett has plenty of reasons to be a proud South African rugby supporter, and says the loss to Japan on the weekend has not dented any of them.

A chef deemed "too fat" for NZ has launched a fresh appeal to stay in the country, claiming that even the All Blacks would fail tough immigration obesity rules.

Under an air of pageantry on a night that threatened to turn stormy in Durban, 30 Springboks were selected to represent their country in England for the World Cup.

A parole board will now review when Oscar Pistorius will be released from prison after the South African Justice Minister made a surprise last-minute intervention.

As recently as last year, Springbok Bismarck du Plessis was widely considered the best hooker in the world. No longer and it's clear Dane Coles has overtaken him.

Justin Marshall writes: South Africa dominated for large patches but would have been left with a feeling familiar.

The mother of an Australian surfer who survived a close encounter with a great white shark believes her son's dead sibling was watching over him.

More than 300 people were injured when two passenger trains crashed in South Africa yesterday.

A British safari guide was attacked by a leopard in the open-top jeep he was travelling in while in Kruger National Park, South Africa.

The camera of an American woman mauled to death by a lion in South Africa has been taken by police investigating what prompted the big cat to pounce.

With their roots in South Africa's apartheid-era security forces, they don't fit the image of an army of liberation.

Distressed members of New Zealand's African community have rallied at Parliament to protest violence against immigrants in South Africa.

Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini condemned attacks on foreign nationals as he tried to deflect criticism that his comments last month fuelled violence.

The South African government will set up dedicated courts to try perpetrators of xenophobic violence that has afflicted the country in recent weeks, claiming at least seven lives.

Shocking scenes have emerged from the streets of Johannesburg, where South Africa was experiencing yet another day of widespread looting and anti-immigrant attacks.