of course there is no argument against the fact that the shots that were fired by oscar pistorious lede death of reeva steenkamp, what is under dispute here is whether it was murder or whether it was culpable homicide and we won't find out what will happen there until it goes to the supreme court later this year. >> thank you for that. lawyers for wikileaks said they welcomed to question him in london and he has been in the embassy for 2 1/2 years in a bid to avoid extradition to sweden and faces allegation of sexual assault and rape which he denies. the british fantasy author terry prachet died at 66 and fought a battle against alzheimer's disease and campaigned for research and gerald tan has more. reporter: known as an satirist and novelist and observer of human nature and famous of 40 books set in a fantasy universe during his four-decade career he wrote more than 70 books and translated into 37 languages with sales topping 85 million copies he was the best selling author in the 1990s until surpassed by j.k.rowling and then he was diagnosed with early alzheimer's disease and he adv

now to south africa where lawyers for oscar pistorious are back in court trying to prevent prosecutors and he was convicted of killing his girlfriend reeva steenkamp in 2013 and we go to erika outside the court in joe johannesburg and why is the prosecution appealing? >> i will try to simplify it as much as i can, in december of last year the prosecution went to court and said the judge when she sentenced oscar pistorious and downgrade his convection from murder down to the culpable homicide which of course came with a prison sentence they say that she applied the wrong rule of law. so what happened from there is it's now going to go to the supreme court later on this year to decide if the appeal can be upheld and what we are listening to is oscar pistorious and saying there is no argument that the current rule of law is used and this should remain status quo and don't want this going on to the supreme court. >> what we have essentially is a defense appealing the prosecution's appeal if i understand you correctly today, what do we expect to happen in court? >> we just don't know the ju

. >>> south africa appeal against oscar pistorious's conviction for culpable homicide will go to theourt. the para olympic athlete convicted for killing girlfriend in 2013 and lawyers want his sentence increased and erica woods has more from johanesburg. >> reporter: last year is when the prosecution went to court and argued the judge, when she sentenced oscar pistorious for culpable homicide instead of murder she applied the wrong rule of law and want him convicted for the big centers of murder because of course it would mean a longer sentence in prison. they were granted leave to appeal at the supreme court of appeals and that will be happening later on this year. what we heard today was from the defense and oscar pistorious's lawyers saying no the correct rule of law was applied and should go no further. the judge today decided this all needs to be heard in the supreme court and cannot be heard in a lower court so what is happening on later on this year a date is yet to be set and an argument and appeal over that conviction. what is not under dispute is the fact that the bullet th

turning to south africa now, attorneys for oscar pistorious are challenging a move to upgrade his sentence video obtained by the daily sun newspaper shows pistorious playing football in prison. >> staying with south africa an id card program for workers apparently instituted by a neighborhood group is being investigated by police. >> and it has angered some workers who feel it's reminiscent of the apartheid past. here is the story. >> there's a lot of attention paid to these lawns and to the people who work here. it has your name. isaac is a part time gardener who has to carry a pass called a green card when he goes to his place of work. the card is good he says because it will protect me. if there's a burgly and i'm walking by i just show them my pass and say i work here. this is my pard. in the deep rooted fear of crime is showing a card which permits access to certain parts of town is extremely sensitive in a country still wrestling with its apartheid past. >> it was a card that you had to carry. the police could drag you all the way and put you in jail. >> does this feel like the same