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NPA spokesperson Nathi Mncube says the authority is now in the hands of the Supreme Court of Appeal to set a date for the Oscar Pistorius appeal.
However, Judge Masipa dismissed the sentencing appeal of Oscar Pistorius, saying she did not believe the sentence was "shockingly inappropriate".
Prosecutor Gerrie Nel, who is appealing the judgment in the Oscar Pistorius case, says the sentence was "shockingly inappropriate".
Pistorius’s team opposing the appeal means Judge Masipa will have to hear arguments from both sides, which will take more time than a regular appeal.
Our justice system deserves more than a shallow, ‘dark and stormy night’ reading of a seminal trial, writes Judge Dennis Davis.
The state has filed an application for leave to appeal the conviction and sentence of Paralympian Oscar Pistorius.
From Oscar Pistorius and Shrien Dewani to the murder of soccer star Senzo Meyiwa: A ready formula has been worked out to catch the public’s interest.
The National Prosecuting Authority says prosecutors are preparing the necessary papers to file an appeal of Oscar Pistorius’s judgment and sentencing.
Like Icarus, Oscar Pistorius fell from fantastic heights to the depths of his own personal hell.
The Oscar Pistorius trial raises questions of whether his skin colour played a role in the lenient sentence he got for killing his girlfriend.
The South African media chose to sensationalise the Oscar Pistorius trial because that’s what the public wanted (and secretly, so did the news media).
Oscar Pistorius has been sentenced to five years imprisonment for culpable homicide and three years suspended jail time for negligent firearm use.
After seven months of evidence in a case that’s captured the world’s attention, sentencing proceedings have ended in the Oscar Pistorius trial.
Acting national commissioner for correctional services, Zach Modise, was called as the second witness for the state in the aggravation of sentencing.
The violence and trauma that inmates experience can lead to a quarter of them reoffending after release.
A social worker testifying in Oscar Pistorius’s sentencing proceedings says prison conditions are horrific, according to her own research.
While the defence says that Oscar Pistorius would ‘break’ in prison due to his disability, the prosecution says it’s no reason for non-imprisonment.
The NPA said the state would argue for a punishment that fitted the severity of the crime, as sentencing of Oscar Pistorius got underway in Pretoria.
The racist, sexist attacks on the judge in the Pistorius trial may have been averted had the public been educated about key tenets of the law.
The judgment and media behaviour in our first televised criminal trial leave much to be desired.
Several legal groups have condemned threats and personal attacks directed at Judge Thokozile Masipa, who presided over Oscar Pistorius’s trial.
Judge Thokozile Masipa on Friday found Oscar Pistorius guilty of some charges, innocent on others. Here is how she found, and her reasoning.
The African sense of kinship is more forgiving, but also very insular, writes Lee Mwiti.
NPA spokesperson Nathi Mncube says the high court should consider keeping Oscar Pistorius in custody "until the matter is finished".
Paralympian Oscar Pistorius has been found guilty of culpable homicide in the death of his model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
Judge Thokozile Masipa on Thursday found Oscar Pistorius not guilty of murder, but left the door open for a conviction on manslaughter.
Judge Thokozile Masipa says she does not believe a reasonable person would have fired four shots into a cubicle, the way Oscar Pistorius did.
Judge Thokozile Masipa says Oscar Pistorius was not guilty of premeditated murder, but culpable homicide has not been ruled out as a verdict.
Judge Thokozile Masipa began reading the verdict in the trial of Oscar Pistorius, who is charged with killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013.
A thousand kilometres away from the Oscar Pistorius verdict, Nkosinam Xabadiya – who admits to having killed his former partner – will learn his fate.
Lying to the court did not prevent the Blade Runner from being acquitted of murder with intent.