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

Oscar Pistorius, a paralympic gold medalist who has been sentenced to five-year imprisonment for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013 is now the object of controversy as prosecutors have filed an appeal days before his release date.

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.

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.