There’s something odd about being fixated on the Pistorius case while the country implodes.
The appeal court’s murder ruling is not based on a controversial principle, so his options are limited.
The debate about the quality of high court judges reflects a different cultural clash in which incompetence is often associated with black people.
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Paralympian’s bail set at R10 000 while his lawyer revealed that an application for leave to appeal would be brought to the Constitutional Court.
The Supreme Court of Appeal found the athlete guilty of murder. How did the judges reach their decision and what happens now?
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The Supreme Court of Appeal has replaced Oscar Pistorius’s culpable homicide conviction with murder.
The Supreme Court of Appeal has branded the Olympic track athlete with the murderer label he so dreaded as he faces a minimum 15 years in jail.
Did the Paralympian athlete foresee that firing four shots into a toilet door would kill the person behind it?
A snapshot of the events that began more than two years ago with the shooting on Valentine’s Day of Reeva Steenkamp.
Both the State and legal teams for Oscar Pistorius made submissions on whether or not the paralympian was rightfully acquitted of murder.
Oscar Pistorius’s parole conditions compel him to meet Reeva Steenkamp’s parents if they wish – now her father says it’s his only chance at "closure".
Oscar Pistorius was freed from prison late evening in an apparent bid to avoid the media, and will serve the rest of his sentence under house arrest.
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Paralympian Oscar Pistorius’s stalled release appears to have shut the doors for many offenders in a similar situation.
After delays and state intervention, a parole board will decide if the Paralympian Oscar Pistorius should be released early from prison.
The Oscar Pistorius case demonstrates the influence of money on the country’s criminal justice system, critics say.
The timing of the extrajudicial decision to delay the athlete’s release was inhuman and degrading.
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"How can 10 months be enough?" asked June Steenkamp last week, when her daughter’s killer was on the verge of release.
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Reeva Steenkamp’s parents are adamant Oscar Pistorius deliberately killed their daughter, telling Australian television their life has been ruined.
Michael Masutha has called for a parole board review of Oscar Pistorius’s release, saying he wasn’t technically eligible for consideration.
Steenkamp’s parents are remembering their daughter on what would have been her 32nd birthday, two days before the planned release of Oscar Pistorius.
Pistorius was convicted for what was deemed a tragic accident. In light of the verdict, he has not been subject to special sentencing treatment.
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The State is to file its heads of argument in its appeal against convicted Oscar Pistorius at the Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein.
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The parents of Reeva Steenkamp have condemned a decision to free the Paralympian on parole in August, when he will have served just 10 months in jail.
Oscar Pistorius is set to be released from prison to serve out the remainder of his five-year sentence under correctional supervision.
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Judge Thokozile Masipa said there was nothing new in the counsel’s submissions and it would be tantamount to reviewing her own decision.
Barely had the news landed and already South Africans had started on their favourite activity: myth-making in celebrity lives gone wrong.
Oscar Pistorius’s lawyers have applied for leave to appeal Judge Masipa’s decision to allow the state to appeal his conviction.
The National Prosecuting Authority is going ahead with its review of Oscar Pistorius’s conviction after the state called for a harsher sentence.
A look ahead at the most important court cases 2015 will bring. Important political cases, but also the state’s appeal in the Oscar Pistorius case.
Hendrik Pistorius & CO, a company founded by grandfather of convicted paralympian Oscar Pistorius, has been fined for alleged price-fixing since 1995.
The two faces of Oscar reveal our unacknowledged gender civil war.
It was a roller coaster year for SA sport and while there were multiple performances to celebrate, 2014 will also be remembered for its tragedies.