2014: SA’s year in pictures

Julius Malema's EFF won the third-most votes in the general elections i nMay and the party brought a new brand of opposition to Parliament, with "pay back the money" becoming the political slogan of the year as they baited President Jacob Zuma on Nkandla. Photo: AP

There was also no love lost between Agang and the DA in 2014. Leading up to the general elections, Agang leader Mamphela Ramphele and DA leader Helen Zille made a very public announcement of a union that lasted less than a week. Picture: Nardus Engelbrecht/AP

epa04517400 A undated hand out image of South African teacher, Pierre Korkie, shows him prior to his capture by al-Qaeda militants in Yemen. US photojournalist Luke Somers and South African national Pierre Korkie, held hostage by al-Qaeda militants died 06 December 2014 in a rescue attempt in Yemen, US officials and negotiators said. Somers had been held captive by al-Qaeda militants for more than a year while Korkie was kidnapped in Yemen in May 2013. EPA/THE SUNDAY TIMES / HANDOUT SOUTH AFRICA OUT, BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE

114 06/11/2014 Numsa general secretary Irvin Jim outside the High Court in Joburg yesterday after nine Cosatu-affiliated unions applied for an urgent interdict to stop the labour federation’s central executive committee meeting today. Picture: Nokuthula Mbatha

Oscar Pistorius's murder trial concluded with the Paralympian sentenced to five years for culpable homicide after shooting his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, on Valentine's Day last year. The State has won the right to appeal the conviction. Picture: Phill Magakoe

Comedian Conrad Koch silences his puppet Chester Missing before court proceedings at the Randburg Magistrate's Court. Conrad Koch is attempting to reverse an interim protection order lodged against him by the singer Steve Hofmeyr. 271114. Picture: Chris Collingridge 431

The fatal shooting of Bafana Bafana captain Senzo Meyiwa left the country in shock. The star skipper was shot and killed in Vosloorus while visiting singer Kelly Khumalo, the mother of one of his daughters. Picture: Itumeleng English/The Star

Angry residents from the Diepkloof hostel near Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital caused disruption to traffic in the early hours of the morning in Chris hani road . They set tyres alight and flashed there bottoms at police and passing motorists in protest to there anger at not having received proper sanitation facilities aswellm as water and electricity issues they have been dealing with. Picture: Antoine de Ras, 11/06/2014

Don Steenkamp, the boy who was charged,convicted and sentenced to 20 years for killing his father, mother, and sister, turned 18 years old today, making it possible for his identity to be revealed for the first time since the gruesome murders. Steenkamp was also convicted of raping his sister and defeating the ends of justice. he will remain at the juvenile detention facility at the kimberley Prison until he turns 21, after which he will be transfered to the adult section. Picture: Danie Van der Lith

Shrien Dewani, the UK businessman on trial for the murder of his wife Anni during their honeymoon in SA in 2010, ended with him being cleared after lawyers successfully argued for a discharge. Photo: David Ritchie/Cape Argus

28/08/2014. Public Protector Advocate Thuli Mabonsela addresses the media during the press briefing at her offices in Hillcrest, Pretoria. Picture: Oupa Mokoena

Cape Town - 141102 - Rolling blackouts due to Eskom's power grid being under severe strain resulted in the Cape Argus Newsroom being left without power and the production team having to relocate temporarily to Allied Media in Epping. Picture: David Ritchie

A building collapse at the Synagogue Church of All Nations in Lagos killed 116 people, including 81 South Africans. Picture: Akintunde Akinleye/Reuters