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Pistorius, a famous amputee sprinter who served 10 months of his five-year sentence for killing his girlfriend, was due to spend the remainder of his punishment in “custodial supervision”.

Nevertheless, Justice and Correctional Providers Minister Michael Masutha reportedly ordered a assessment of the parole board’s choice, stating that the choice of releasing Pistorius was made “prematurely”.

Justice department spokesman Mthunzi Mhaga said the board made their decision before the athlete was even eligible for parole. It entitles the parole board to place the prisoner on corrective supervision at the one-sixth mark of a sentence – in his case, 10 months into his...

South African prosecutors filed an appeal calling for Paralympian running star Oscar Pistorius to be convicted of murder for the 2013 shooting killing of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.