There's a "blacker than thou" attitude that often permeates ethnic identity in post-apartheid South Africa.

A Soshanguve woman begged police not to arrest her for perjury on Saturday after she lied about being raped to get anti-retroviral treatment following unprotected sex with her boyfriend, said police. Clinic staff refused to treat her until she reported the incident to the police, said Pretoria police spokesperson, Captain Piletji Sebola.

Democratic Alliance leader Tony Leon accused the ruling party of seeking control of "all levers of power" and pursuing a "narrow racial nationalism" in his Youth Day speech in Soshanguve. He said the ANC was concentrating power in the hands of a few ANC party bosses, regardless of whether it was "in pursuit of noble aims".