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Oscar Pistorius’s release from jail on Friday has been put on hold after South Africa’s justice minister referred the parole board’s decision for review.

“Fastest Man on No Legs” and Paralympian Oscar Pistorius is now speculated to be a victim of a political interference after his supposed release on Friday was altered by South Africa’s Justice and Correctional Services Minister, Michael Masutha, just three days...

Oscar Pistorius shot lifeless his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp intentionally, her mother and father stated, forward of an attraction listening to through which prosecutors are in search of to overturn a South African courtroom ruling that the athlete was not responsible of...

In a statement, Masutha indicated that the decision to release Pistorius had been made before he had served a sixth of his sentence.

It is up to that review board to decide whether the parole board’s initial decision, made in June, will still stand.

The CSPB of the Pretoria Prison in which Pistorius is being held decided in June to put him under house arrest, also known as “correctional supervision”.

Ministry spokesman Mthunzi Mhaga refused to speculate on a possible date for his release, telling the ENCA news channel “it will depend on how and when the review board is going to hear the matter”.

The shamed paralympian, who was convicted last year of manslaughter for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, is demanding to be treated as a king – as a leading South Africa lawyer warned he could be behind bars for years following the last minute decision not to release...

A spokesman for South Africa’s justice ministry said the department has not yet received a response from Pistorius’s lawyers on the decision to halt his release.

Pistorius is due to be released on Friday after serving 10 months of a five-year sentence, in line with South Africa’s custodial guidelines for non-dangerous prisoners. However, the Mirror reports that Justice Minister Michael Masutha released a statement saying that...

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”.

Michael Masutha said he had been prompted to look at the decision to release Pistorius to house arrest, just 10 months into his five-year sentence for shooting Steenkamp dead after mistaking her for a burglar, following an appeal from womens’ groups.

Michael Masutha, head of the South African justice system, has referred the case to the parole review board – meaning the athlete will not be free to leave this week.

On Wednesday, Justice Minister Michael Masutha ruled a parole board’s June decision to approve Pistorius for house arrest starting this Friday was made prematurely and “without any legal basis” in a statement.

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...