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.

So far six people are believed to have been killed in violent anti-immigrant protests in South Africa.

Chris Leadbeater makes the most of a short visit to the harbour city.

June Steenkamp is in NZ to share her experience. She hopes sharing what her daughter went through will help other women speak up to prevent domestic violence.

The northern white rhino is heading the way of the dinosaurs. With only five left on Earth extinction is now inevitable.

Unless the US, or another exotic wild card makes a late bid, the 2023 World Cup hosting rights have to - surely - be given to South Africa.

For John Simpson, gritty, sunny Johannesburg is South Africa's golden city.

South African doctors have performed the world's first successful penis transplant, three months after the ground-breaking operation.

A tantalising equation awaits today: S African captain + no Eden Park boundary greater than 65m - the prospective loss of Pakistan bowling dignity = the potential for another 400-plus innings.

The mother of slain model Reeva Steenkamp, shot dead by Oscar Pistorius on Valentine's Day 2013, is due to share her daughter's story with Kiwis.

It took only one match for several holes to be poked in South Africa's case for winning the Cricket World Cup.

"He wants to promote himself, make money out of it at the cost of the animals." The Lion Man's shift to South Africa has upset the conservation community there.

You can take a role in testing the effect of warming skin on memory. Or you can involve yourself in a bid to land a spaceship on the Moon....

A successful appeal by state prosecutors means Oscar Pistorius could have his conviction upgraded from culpable homicide to murder.

The man accused of killing his estranged wife Heidi Welman-Scott had previously booked a plane ticket home to South Africa and according to his best mate had "nothing left".

Cameras have replaced guns on safari in MalaMala.

Visitors to South Africa are encouraged to walk in the footsteps of Mandela.

Oscar Pistorius was "gun toting", "trigger happy", "jealous" and "combustible", says Reeva Steenkamp's mother.

The decision to jail Oscar Pistorius for five years may not be the end of the case, with the state deciding whether it will appeal the culpable homicide verdict.

Oscar Pistorius has been sentenced to a maximum of five years in prison.

South African Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius will learn his sentence for shooting dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine's Day last year.