The decision to release Reeva Steenkamp’s killer, Oscar Pistorius, a day earlier than planned was not preferential treatment, the Department of Correctional Services said on Tuesday. “This is not the only case where this has happened. It has happened before,” spokesperson Manelisi Wolela said. He said the implementation of the[…]
While it is disappointing that Reeva Steenkamp’s killer Oscar Pistorius is being released from jail, he will hopefully emerge a better man, three women’s rights organisations said on Thursday. “We are hoping that he will come out a better person who will advocate for women’s issues. There must be no[…]
Paralympian Oscar Pistorius will be released on correctional supervision on October 20, the Correctional Services department confirmed on Thursday. This comes after the Kgosi Mampuru II correctional supervision and parole board considered all submissions, including from the victim’s family, his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, whom he shot dead on Valentine’s Day[…]
The Parole Review Board (PRB) has recommended that jailed Paralympian Oscar Pistorius be sent for psychotherapy, the Department of Correctional Services said. Spokesperson Manelisi Wolela said these were some of the directions delivered by the board on Monday as it reviewed Pistorius’s case for possible parole release. “The PRB also[…]
It is unclear when Oscar Pistorius will be released from Kgosi Mampuru II Prison in Pretoria should he be granted parole. Spokesperson for Correctional Services, Manelisi Wolela, said he could not shed light on the process as the department took instruction from the chairperson of the parole review board. Pistorius[…]
The Supreme Court of Appeal will hear the State’s appeal against former Paralympian Oscar Pistorius’s conviction on November 3. A panel of five judges will hear the appeal, the court announced on Tuesday. On September 12 last year, Pistorius was acquitted of murder, but convicted of culpable homicide for shooting[…]
Notice of a legal challenge to the suspension of Oscar Pistorius’s early release from prison had not yet been received by the Department of Justice and Correctional Services, spokesperson advocate Mthunzi Mhaga said on Thursday morning. This means Pistorius could wait up to four months to hear if he would[…]
There was no word from Oscar Pistorius’s lawyers on Wednesday night on whether they would pursue legal action following the decision by Justice Minister Michael Masutha to suspend the release of the Paralympian on parole. His attorney Brian Webber could not immediately be reached for comment. However, Pistorius’s family said[…]
The decision to release Paralympian Oscar Pistorius on parole on Friday has been suspended, eNCA reported on Wednesday. Justice spokesperson Mthunzi Mhaga said the minister considered a petition to stop his release and he has referred the decision for review to the parole board. This implied that the earlier decision[…]
Justice Minister Michael Masutha will consider a petition by an NGO opposing Oscar Pistorius’s release together with a legal opinion, and make a decision before Friday, his spokesperson said on Tuesday. “The minister will make a decision after he has considered the petition, before Friday. That petition goes together with[…]
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