Focus on Africa

Olympic champion Caster Semenya has lost a case against athletics' governing body IAAF. Female athletes who choose to run in certain competitions could be asked to reduce their testosterone levels or given the chance to run as men. We hear from Norman Arendse, who was part of the legal representatives of Athletics South Africa to the judgement; and from Janet Jepkosgei, a former world champion athletes in favour of the court's decision. A court in Holland has ruled against the oil company Shell, which was accused of instigating massive human rights violations committed by the Nigerian government against people in the oil-producing Niger Delta. Ahead of the general elections in South Africa, we travel to the nation's North West province, in the regional capital Mahikeng. A hotbed of protests denouncing the lack of basic services. We interview local citizens, some of whom feel completely disenfranchised with the ANC government.