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A journey of tragedy, conviction, and hope for redemption

A NEW COURSE AWAITS

SHORTLY after 3am on Valentine's Day in February 2013, the life of Paralympian hero Oscar Pistorius changed dramatically after he fired four shots through the toilet door in his Silver Oaks, Pretoria East mansion, killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

In a few days, on January 5, he will be released from jail after spending slightly more than seven years behind bars.

While he will be free from the prison in Atteridgeville, west of Pretoria, which had been his home since 2016, he will not be a totally free man.

Correctional Services has made it clear that, as is the case with others released on parole, there would be conditions attached to his freedom.

While the final conditions have not been made known, the department said Pistorius would be monitored by a parole officer, would not be able

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