While June Steenkamp did not oppose parole for Pistorius and was ‘satisfied’ with the terms, she was not convinced he was fully rehabilitated, a family spokesman has said
The former former Paralympian was jailed for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013
Pistorius, who killed Reeva Steenkamp in 2013, will only become eligible for parole in August next year
Sergeant Mlungisi Mthethwa testified that forensic officer Thabo Mosia arrived before 10pm and not after midnight
The police captain’s evidence in the Paralympian’s case resulted in a murder conviction
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The SCA in Bloemfontein has sentenced former Paralympian Oscar Pistorius to 13 years in prison for the 2013 murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp
Reeva Steenkamp was murdered by her boyfriend Oscar Pistorius on Valentine’s Day in 2013.
South Africa has to tackle the scourge in the same visionary way it has fought against HIV and Aids
An application to appeal the six-year sentence will be filed on Friday.
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Advocate Gerrie Nel, who is representing the Steenkamp’s, said that the application for leave of appeal was not a reflection on Masipa.
The NPA has filed court papers setting out the reasons for its appeal against the six year sentence handed down to Oscar Pistorius.
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The national prosecuting authority’s appeal of Oscar Pistorius’s “shockingly too lenient” sentence has been welcomed by the Steenkamp family.
There is a gaping hole between how the legal system waded through the mess of evidence and how those outside court did.
Drama galore during the Oscar Pistorius trials. Now that the procedures are to end soon, we look at some of the many media-grabbing moments.
But the witness for Reeva Steenkamp’s killer says Pistorius may have welcomed Nel’s treatment.
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Convicted murderer Oscar Pistorius will finally hear his sentence for shooting Reeva Steenkamp in February 2013 when he appears in court on July 6.
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Testifying on Tuesday, Barry Steenkamp said he wanted everyone to see what Oscar Pistorius has done to his daughter the night he murdered her.
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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.
A snapshot of the events that began more than two years ago with the shooting on Valentine’s Day of Reeva Steenkamp.
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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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.
"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.