A South African court began sentencing 20 right-wing extremists convicted of high treason for a plot to kill Nelson Mandela and drive black people out of the country.

At least 14 people have been injured after a stampede at a pre-World Cup friendly between Nigeria and North Korea in a Johannesburg township, South Africa police have confirmed.

All Africans must speak out about injustices in places like Zimbabwe, Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said.

Gavid Hood’s excellent Tsotsi (Momentum, €21.99) is a remarkable drama about a young boy, apparently lost to the world of criminality in a Johannesburg township.

A senior policeman went on the rampage in South Africa, killing four colleagues, three women and a baby before being shot dead himself.