Bafana back home

The South African national football team (Bafana Bafana) arrived back home this morning from a training camp in Germany.Matthew Booth speaks to some of the fans that gathered at OR Tambo airport.Teko Modise talks to Saddam Maake, one of the supporters at the airport.Goalkeeper, Itumeleng Khune and Katlekgo Mashekgo

Eden Park unrest

Police fire their 9mm handguns at protesters during a protest over evictions at Eden Park, Ekurhuleni.There was chaos in Eden Park, the crowd was looking to get into the council offices and set it on fire, the police stood behind a fence, then all hell broke loose. I dived behind a tree to avoid the rubber bullets being fired in my direction by the police and the rocks being thrown by the protesters from behind. A few protesters joined me in what seemed like a bit of a queue behind this tree, I assume they thought I knew what I was doing :) Just after that I heard a louder bang from behind me and one of the protesters next to me dropped, I looked at him, as the shooting had stopped and the majority of the people had dispersed. He was shot with a live round through the upper arm, although I seen the police shooting their 9mm's from a moving car earlier, I think one of the protesters shot at the police and shot the poor guy about a meter away from me. A bit too close for comfort.

Police extinguish a truck and tractor set on fire by protesters. An elderly woman that was shot with a rubber bullet a close range is dragged to a waiting car. A young protester writhes in pain after being shot throught the arm during protests against evictions in Eden Park, Ekurhuleni.

Eugene Terreblanche's funeral

The gate of AWB leader Eugene Terreblanche's farm where he was murdered in Ventersdorp. I covered the funeral of AWB leader Eugene Terreblanche a few days after he had been beaten to death on his farm in Ventersdorp. Ventersdorp is a strange place with echoes of the tune from "Deliverance" floating about. There is a definite divide between the white and the black folk, one that seems on the most part to be respected, from what I seen they work together when necessary and stay away from each other when not. It's not an ideal situation, but it seems somewhat peaceful... That was until two labourours killed Eugene Terreblanche and all the old AWB regalia was dusted off and brought out to stand pride of place again, to tell the truth, on the day I was somewhat worried about the potential, and had flash backs of various scenes from the news of long ago, but now I'm convinced that in general this country is way too smart to allow a criminal act and a few idiotic politicians to drag us back into the past.