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.
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.
Barely had the news landed and already South Africans had started on their favourite activity: myth-making in celebrity lives gone wrong.
The National Prosecuting Authority is going ahead with its review of Oscar Pistorius’s conviction after the state called for a harsher sentence.
The two faces of Oscar reveal our unacknowledged gender civil war.
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.
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.
Oscar Pistorius has been sentenced to five years imprisonment for culpable homicide and three years suspended jail time for negligent firearm use.
Acting national commissioner for correctional services, Zach Modise, was called as the second witness for the state in the aggravation of sentencing.
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.
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.
Khaya Dlanga looks at the people close to Oscar Pistorius who have taken responsibility for incidents surrounding him, and its effects on the athlete.
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Oscar’s decision to face danger rather than flee was a reflexive response to what he perceived to be a threat, the Pretoria court heard on Wednesday.
While the first day of week 10 of Reeva Steenkamp’s murder trial seemed to go the prosecution’s way at first, the defence found good footholds.
Oscar Pistorius was not unable to control himself or understand the consequences of actions the night he killed Reeva Steenkamp, a court has heard.
Oscar Pistorius will undergo evaluation at a Pretoria psychiatric facility to determine his state of mind and criminal responsibility.
After a psychiatrist testified that Oscar Pistorius has general anxiety disorder, Judge Masipa says the athlete should seek mental observation.
Speaking at the trial of Oscar Pistorius, a psychiatrist has told a court that firearms are what makes people with general anxiety disorder dangerous.
Ballistics expert Thomas Wolmarans highlighted differences between his conclusion and the state’s while testifying at Oscar Pistorius’s murder trial.
A social worker, anaesthesiologist and a ballistics expert have been called by Oscar Pistorius’s defence team to testify in his murder trial.