Social media users paid Shadrack Chaula's $2,000 fine following his conviction last week.

Michael Buerk reports on the forthcoming elections in South Africa.

In a coastal region of eastern Kenya at least one elderly person is being killed every week – in the name of witchcraft. There are violent attacks on people accused of being witches across much of Africa. But, according to human rights groups, the seventy or so murders every year in Kilifi County are about more than fear of the supernatural. For Assignment, Njeri Mwangi from BBC Africa Eye investigates the real motives behind these brutal attacks and the impunity that enables them. She meets victims, relatives and perpetrators. Listeners might find some of the details in this programme upsetting.

Presenter: Njeri Mwangi Producer: Louise Hidalgo Editors for BBC Africa Eye: Rebecca Henschke and Nicola Milne Sound Engineer: Tom Brignell Production Coordinator: Gemma Ashman Assignment series editor: Penny Murphy Archive: ‘Witches’ Burnt in Kenya, NTD News

(Image: Sidi and her husband Tambala who was attacked twice. Credit: Nicola Milne/BBC)

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Presenter: Ed Butler Producer: Immie Rhodes

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