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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

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

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

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.

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State must join citizens to fight femicide

South Africa has to tackle the scourge in the same visionary way it has fought against HIV and Aids

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.

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.

Court of public opinion holds sway in Oscar Pistorius case

There is a gaping hole between how the legal system waded through the mess of evidence and how those outside court did.

Oscar Pistorius trial: The six most dramatic moments

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.

Oscar’s BFF from Iceland: Gerrie Nel is the devil

But the witness for Reeva Steenkamp’s killer says Pistorius may have welcomed Nel’s treatment.

Paralympian Pistorius’s murder sentence to be revealed in July

Convicted murderer Oscar Pistorius will finally hear his sentence for shooting Reeva Steenkamp in February 2013 when he appears in court on July 6.

Reeva Steenkamp

The world must see Reeva’s injuries, her father tells court at Oscar Pistorius sentencing hearing

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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Pistorius: The ‘ugh’ story that won’t go away

There’s something odd about being fixated on the Pistorius case while the country implodes.

New sentence may be end of the road for Oscar

The appeal court’s murder ruling is not based on a controversial principle, so his options are limited.