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Janusz Waluś, the convicted assassin of South African anti-apartheid politician Chris Hani, is stabbed and wounded in prison in Pretoria a few days before his scheduled release on parole.
2022-11-29

Pretoria, the administrative capital of South Africa, experiences widespread looting and violent attacks by rioters focused on foreigners. Police are currently outnumbered and many businesses have been set on fire. The riots follow the death of a taxi driver reportedly shot by Nigerian drug dealers after they realized he had seen them complete a drug deal and had also seen their supplier. Bus services are suspended and authorities say the capital is currently unsafe.
2019-08-28

Oscar Pistorius is admitted to a Pretoria hospital after sustaining injuries to his wrists. Blades are subsequently found in a search of his cell.
2016-08-7

South African Paralympic sprinting medalist Oscar Pistorius's sentencing hearing begins. He faces a minimum 15-year jail term since his original manslaughter charge for the 2013 killing of Reeva Steenkamp has been upgraded to murder. The hearing is set to last for five days.
2016-06-13

The High Court in Pretoria rules that the President of Sudan Omar Al-Bashir should be arrested in South Africa and detained pending a formal request from the International Criminal Court. However, immediately after the ruling, the South African Government announces that Al-Bashir has already departed. He is wanted in connection with the war in Darfur.
2015-06-15

The High Court in Pretoria grants an interim order preventing al-Bashir from leaving South Africa, and postpones the application for his arrest to the next day to allow the government more time to prepare.
2015-06-14

Former South African president Nelson Mandela is readmitted to a Pretoria hospital in a serious condition with a recurring lung infection.
2013-06-8

South African athlete Oscar Pistorius appears in court charged with the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
2013-06-4

Carl Pistorius, the brother of Paralympian athlete Oscar Pistorius, is acquitted of culpable homicide over the death of a motorcyclist in South Africa.
2013-05-21

South African amputee sprint runner Oscar Pistorius, who competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics, is charged with the murder of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, who was shot dead at Pistorius's home in Pretoria.
2013-02-14