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Trial by Media a short but full-fat opera

Its composer says the Oscar opera will challenge audiences with things they have never heard before

Oscar Pistorius. File photo by AFP

Oscar Pistorius ‘at home’ after parole release

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

Oscar Pistorius was jailed for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013

Oscar Pistorius’ lawyer eyes ‘immediate release’ if he gets parole

The former former Paralympian was jailed for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013

Jailed former Olympic and Paralympic star Oscar Pistorius has been denied parole. (Photo by Charlie Shoemaker/Getty Images)

Oscar Pistorius to stay in jail, says correctional services

Pistorius, who killed Reeva Steenkamp in 2013, will only become eligible for parole in August next year

Investigating officer Brigadier Bongani Gininda has denied that he offered R3 million to accused two, Bongani Ntanzi, to implicate the “right people” in the murder of football star Senzo Meyiwa. (Anesh Debiky/Gallo Images/Getty Images)

Senzo Meyiwa trial: State witnesses contradict each other during testimony

Sergeant Mlungisi Mthethwa testified that forensic officer Thabo Mosia arrived before 10pm and not after midnight

Constitution of South Africa concept. Image: Getty Images

The right to silence in South Africa’s Constitution is in need of amendment

The Oscar Pistorius trial shows how tweaking the right to silence would not jeopardies justice but would enhance it

The expected testimony of police ballistics expert Captain Christian Mangena — a witness in convicted murderer Oscar Pistorius’s trial — will attempt to link the accused to the alleged murder weapon in the Senzo Meyiwa trial

Senzo Meyiwa trial: Gun expert in Oscar Pistorius case to testify

The police captain’s evidence in the Paralympian’s case resulted in a murder conviction

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Tall inside, but not short of opinions

Navigating the world as a little person is no big deal. But it can be exhausting when other people feel entitled to comment on your height

‘We had a president at the time who did not want us to proceed with that prosecution,’ said Andrea Johnson (SABC Screenshot)

NPA insider tells NDPP panel Abrahams refused to tackle interference

Advocate Andrea Johnson revealed that former NPA boss Shaun Abrahams ‘chose not to listen’

Oscar Pistorius’s murder sentence increased to 13 years

The SCA in Bloemfontein has sentenced former Paralympian Oscar Pistorius to 13 years in prison for the 2013 murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp

The world-renowned athlete

State to challenge Oscar Pistorius’ jail sentence at SCA

The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) in Bloemfontein is on Friday expected to hear the States’ appeal to have Oscar Pistorius’ jail term lengthened.

Future Olympian? Emile Kalekuzi knocking out his opponents in a Khayelitsha boxing ring

Kalekuzi is a champion in waiting

The story of the boxer carrying the hopes of his father is a complicated one

Behind bars: Many women who have killed their violent partners end up with lengthy prison sentences.

Law fails women who kill partners in self-defence

Those who find their lives threatened in violent, abusive relationships have little recourse to justice

Reeva Steenkamp

Reeva Steenkamp Foundation joins call to get guns out of abusive homes

Reeva Steenkamp was murdered by her boyfriend Oscar Pistorius on Valentine’s Day in 2013.

The Oscar Pistorius trial is set to be South Africa’s biggest court case with worldwide interest growing every day. We reflect on proceedings so far.

State prosecutors will head to Supreme Court of Appeal to challenge Oscar Pistorius murder sentence

An application to appeal the six-year sentence will be filed on Friday.

Oscar Pistorius: Leave of appeal’s not a reflection on Masipa says Gerrie Nel

Advocate Gerrie Nel, who is representing the Steenkamp’s, said that the application for leave of appeal was not a reflection on Masipa.

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Oscar Pistorius didn’t try to hurt himself, he just slipped in his cell, says brother

Oscar Pistorius was taken to hospital, reportedly with wrist injuries. But rumours about the event are completely untrue, stated his brother Carl.

Judge Masipa had “maudlin sympathy” for Oscar Pistorius – NPA’s Gerrie Nel

The NPA has filed court papers setting out the reasons for its appeal against the six year sentence handed down to Oscar Pistorius.

Steenkamps ‘fully support’ prosecutor Gerrie Nel’s appeal of Oscar Pistorius sentence

The national prosecuting authority’s appeal of Oscar Pistorius’s “shockingly too lenient” sentence has been welcomed by the Steenkamp family.

NPA seeks leave to appeal Oscar Pistorius’s six-year sentence

Oscar Pistorius’s sentence is ‘shockingly lenient’ and ‘disproportionate to the crime of murder’, the National Prosecuting Authority has said.