"I want to die," a village chief tells his tormentors ... some of which have been analysed by BBC Africa Eye. Some of them show burning villages. Others record acts of torture and killing.

Families in rural parts of Makhado Municipality in Limpopo are burning rubbish in pits or throwing it into rivers because they do not have access to refuse removal services.

CAPE TOWN, South Africa -- Helicopters dropped water on large fires burning on the slopes of South Africa's Table Mountain on Tuesday as police investigated whether arson was the cause.