At least 12 killed in South Africa mass shooting

Gunmen stormed a Pretoria hostel and opened fire on a group of men who were drinking. Three children are among the dead.

Also on the programme: Sri Lankans who lost their home in the flood disaster which followed last week's cyclone are to be compensated by the government to re-build; and we speak to Akram Lilja, the head of the Centre for Cultural Heritage Preservation, about their work to assess and document the destruction to cultural sites in Gaza.

Joining presenter Owen Bennett-Jones to discuss these stories and more are Sophie Lambin, the founder and chief executive of Kite Insights, an sustainable economy consultancy, and Phil Cox, a British journalist and filmmaker.

(Photo: A police forensics member arrives at the scene where several people were killed in a mass shooting at Saulsville Hostel in Atteridgeville in Pretoria, South Africa on the 6th of December 2025. Credit: REUTERS/Alet Pretorius)