Christopher Torchia

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Scandal hits South Africa president

Christopher Torchia · March 31, 2014 1:05 pm

Pistorius on the line now in murder trial

Christopher Torchia · March 27, 2014 1:33 pm

South Africa ombudsman targets presidential costs

Christopher Torchia · March 21, 2014 4:42 pm

Energy and Environment

American philanthropist funds rhino protection

Christopher Torchia · March 15, 2014 8:49 am

Oscar Pistorius, puts his hand to his face while listening to cross questioning about the events surrounding the shooting death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, during his trial in Pretoria, South Africa, Friday, March 7, 2014. Pistorius is charged with murder for the shooting death of Steenkamp, on Valentines Day in 2013. (AP Photo/Theana Breugem, Pool)

Pistorius trial grips viewers worldwide

Christopher Torchia · March 8, 2014 1:13 pm

South Africa: Mandela comrade stays in the game

South Africa: Mandela comrade stays in the game

Christopher Torchia · March 8, 2014 9:34 am

FILE : In this Monday, Aug. 19, 2013 file photo, double-amputee Olympian Oscar Pistorius, left, talks with his lawyer, Kenny Oldwage, right, at the magistrates court in Pretoria, South Africa, where Pistorius was indicted on charges of murder and illegal possession of ammunition for the shooting death of his girlfriend on Valentine's Day. Ahead of Pistorius' trial, starting Monday, March 3, 2014, legal experts say Pistorius would still be vulnerable to a homicide conviction even if he is acquitted of murdering Steenkamp. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe-File)

Murder trial of Pistorius to start in South Africa

Christopher Torchia · March 2, 2014 3:39 pm

FILE - In this Monday, Aug. 19, 2013 file photo, double-amputee Olympian Oscar Pistorius appears at the magistrates court to be indicted on charges of murder and illegal possession of ammunition for the shooting death of his girlfriend on Valentine's Day in Pretoria, South Africa. A South Africa judge ruled Tuesday that television stations can broadcast parts of Oscar Pistorius' murder trial live, but with restrictions on witness testimonies. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File)

Oscar Pistorius seen shooting in gun range video

Christopher Torchia · February 28, 2014 12:55 pm

FILE - This file photo taken Sept. 14, 1998, shows police death squad leader, Eugene de Kock, who was sentenced to two life terms and more than 200 years, after a killing spree that cost dozens of lives, at an amnesty hearing of the Truth and Reconcilliation Commision (TRC) in Pretoria, South Africa. After 20 years in jail, de Kock says he is the only member of the former police force serving time for crimes committed on behalf of South Africa's old order and maintains he acted on instructions from leaders who were never punished. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell, File)

S African apartheid death squad chief seeks parole

Christopher Torchia · February 27, 2014 7:42 pm

South Africa to fight crime with new DNA law

Christopher Torchia · February 21, 2014 2:23 pm

A trapped illegal miner at a disused gold mine shaft near, Benoni, South Africa, is bought to the surface Sunday, Feb. 16, 2014. Debris trapped a group of miners who were working illegally in an abandoned mine in South Africa, but rescue workers cleared the mine shaft entrance and at least 11 miners were escorted to safety Some of the miners still below the surface in the gold mine shaft near Johannesburg appeared to be reluctant to emerge because of fears they would be arrested (AP Photo)

South Africa: rescued miners face charges

Christopher Torchia · February 17, 2014 2:11 pm

A trapped illegal miner at a disused gold mine shaft near, Benoni, South Africa, is bought to the surface Sunday, Feb. 16, 2014. Debris trapped a group of miners who were working illegally in an abandoned mine in South Africa, but rescue workers cleared the mine shaft entrance and at least 11 miners were escorted to safety Some of the miners still below the surface in the gold mine shaft near Johannesburg appeared to be reluctant to emerge because of fears they would be arrested (AP Photo)

South Africa: illegal miners refuse to be rescued

Christopher Torchia · February 16, 2014 8:37 pm