In one week’s time, Oscar Pistorius will stand trial for murder. Beeld newspaper have put together 21 burning questions that need to be answered.
Even God has a Twitter account, so why not Pistorius’s PR team. A week before Oscar Pistorius goes on trial his public relations team have set up a Twitter account, that claims to reveal the truth about the trial’s proceedings.
Yup, that’s the vibe the Sunday Times are going for this morning, and it looks like the state has evidence too – by way of the surfing history on one of Pistorius’ phones. How this will look in the eyes of a judge presiding over a murder case, is anyone’s guess.
That’s what Carte Blanche are tuning about this coming Sunday’s Oscar Pistorius special they’re flighting. They are referring to it as the ‘trial of the century’ so best you prepare this Sunday for exactly that. Read this:
Just about how many times have you had to go to toilet mid-conversation with your buddy, only to sit on the toilet and feel desperately alone?
This is too good to be true! The Jamaican bobsled team has raised over R1 million on Crowdtilt so they can compete in the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
The Winter Olympics in Russia have not yet begun, but the scandals surrounding the games in Sochi started a while ago. One would think that hosting an international event in a country run by a despotic, homophobic regime would be a bad idea. Washington Post journo, Charles Lane seems to think so – he called the olympics a “corrupt quadrennial exercise.”
At the Short Track European Championships, the final proper tune-up before the Winter Olympics, Russia’s Viktor Ahn had defeated the Netherlands’ Sjinkie Knegt in the men’s 5000m team relay. The race wasn’t a close one at all – and Knegt felt he needed to vent some anger. This is how he did it.
Google has released it’s 12th annual year end zeitgeist – a summary of the year’s key data points on the world’s most popular search engine. Unsurprisingly, Nelson Mandela and Oscar Pistorius topped the list of South Africa’s most searched for terms. Thankfully, Steve “Relevance” Hofmeyr didn’t make the top trending list in South Africa. Nelson claimed the top trending spot globally for 2013, while Oscar limped in at sixth place for most searched for people in the world.
Oscar Pistorius has been served. His indictment, which was issued just yesterday, contains two extra charges of recklessly firing his gun out of an open car sunroof last year, and firing someone else’s handgun at a restaurant just weeks before he murdered Reeva Steenkamp. Read the whole indictment here
You can all go home now, an unemployed Japanese man has demonstrated – via the robot that he casually built in his basement – that you are not actually pursuing the best possible outcome to your life. Presenting: Robot Number 17 performing on the Horizontal Bar.
Oscar Pistorius, the South African Olympian who shot and killed his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, is preparing for his March trial, by hiring a team of American forensic investigators.
24-year-old Gareth Bale will soon be playing for Real Madrid. The world record breaking, €100 million (R1,366,590,600) transfer from the Tottenham Hotspur has been finalized, and an official announcement could be made tomorrow.
The inimitable Barry Bateman and Mandy Wiener form EWN have revealed this morning that the state will be pursuing a life sentence as the mandatory minimum punishment in their case against murder accused Oscar Pistorius. Pistorius shot and killed his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp in his Pretoria home on Valentine’s Day this year. The state will […]
The City Press has reported that the state intends to argue that Reeva Steenkamp was cowering behind the toilet when Oscar Pistorius shot and killed her on Valentine’s Day this year.
With a growing number of people calling for the boycott of next year’s Sochi Olympics because of the much criticized anti-gay law which bans anything that could be seen as promoting homosexuality, the victorious Russian relay team marked their win at the 4 x 400m relay at the World Athletics Championship in Moscow with multiple kisses on the winner’s podium.
Photos of Oscar Pistorius arriving and standing in court have filtered onto the internet. These include pics of him walking in, standing with his family – possibly praying, as well as pics of him crying. There’s also one of a very amped protester.
If you’re stuck in an office without a television or bouncing from meeting to meeting this morning, you can stream the Oscar Pistorius court appearance analysis straight to your desktop or mobile, right here.
The Sunday Times has revealed today that ballistic tests show Pistorius did not have his legs on when he shot and killed Reeva Steenkamp. The prosecution will be painting a picture of an aggressive trigger-happy character. Click through for the police case:
Apart from being charged with the murder of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, Oscar Pistorius will face two extra charges when he appears in court on 19 August. eNCA reports that Pistorius will face two extra counts of recklessly discharging a firearm in public.
Eyewitness News report that the cops have concluded their investigation of Oscar Pistorius, who shot and killed his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. The state will now serve their indictment on him, ahead of his return to court on August 19 – Reeva’s 30th birthday.
Usain Bolt is the fastest man on the planet. This shot of him winning the 100m dash at the track and field world championships in Moscow has become an instant classic and is arguably the best sports pic of 2013… So far, anyway. What you have here is the fastest man on earth – named bolt – pictured with a bolt of lightning. Yes, poetry does actually happen in real life.
Every athlete would love to have the honour of winning a gold medal for their country, but if you’re from Russia, there is a little bit more incentive. Click through to check out what we’re talking about.
In a documentary aired on Britain’s Channel 5 last night, the late Reeva Steenkamp’s parents revealed shocking details of their daughter’s relationship with Oscar Pistorius Reeva’s mother June details a conversation she had with her daughter and begs for answers why Oscar Pistorius shot thier ‘baby’.
Sky News has published a series of leaked photographs from the crime scene at which Reeva Steenkamp was shot and killed by Oscar Pistorius. Here’s more detail, from the Mail & Guardian: The gory pictures released on Friday show a bloodied bathroom floor and the door that Pistorius shot FHM model Steenkamp through. The wooden door is […]
This is definitely not the high jump we are used to watching at our school sports days and athletics meetings. But if it was, there would probably be a bit more crowd participation. Click through to see why.
This guy gives a new meaning to the phrase “go big or go home.” Click through to see why.
Carl Pistorius (brother of OP) hugged his legal council in an outpouring of emotion following a ruling by Magistrate Buks du Plessis of the Vanderbijlpark Magistrate’s Court that he be acquitted of culpable homicide chargers
An explosive new article in the latest issue of Vanity Fair (June 2013) delves deeper into the angry world of Oscar Pistorius. As we standby for the man who shot Reeva Steenkamp dead, to return to the courtroom, in June..
Now that Oscar has been given bail and granted the right to travel, conversation has returned to his statement and how it will hold up in a court of law. We have investigated the alternatives.