UN peacekeeping receives broad backing as global threats mount

15 may 2025 - 07:17:18
Berlin, Germany (PANA) - More than 130 countries and international partners threw their weight behind UN peacekeeping at a high-level [...] Full text...

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As funding cuts bite, UN chief announces new dawn for peacekeeping

14 may 2025 - 05:28:32
Berlin, Germany (PANA) - The future of peacekeeping took centre stage on Tuesday in Berlin as UN chief António Guterres [...] Full text...

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Former South African Paralympian Oscar Pistorius released from prison

05 january 2024 - 07:44:03
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former Paralympian hero Oscar Pistorius was released on parole from Pretoria's Atteridgeville Correctional Centre [...] Full text...

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Oscar Pistorius to be released from prison on Friday

04 january 2024 - 09:38:48
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former Paralympic star Oscar Pistorius will be released from an Eastern Cape prison on [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Oscar Pistorius granted parole

24 november 2023 - 16:36:20
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Convicted killer Oscar Pistorius was granted parole on Friday but he will be released [...] Full text...

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Oscar Pistorius parole hearing confirmed for Friday

23 november 2023 - 08:53:31
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Convicted killer Oscar Pistorius could be released as early as Friday. His parole hearing in [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Oscar Pistorius approaches Constitutional Court over parole bid

17 august 2023 - 11:33:13
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former Paralympian Oscar Pistorius has asked South Africa’s Constitutional Court to declare him eligible [...] Full text...

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German Defence Minister received by president of Transition in Mali

19 april 2023 - 16:46:08
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The president of the Transition of Mali, Colonel Assimi Goïta, received last week in Bamako, the [...] Full text...

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Convicted South African former Paralympian Oscar Pistorius demands parole hearing

01 september 2022 - 12:25:13
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Convicted killer Oscar Pistorius has approached the courts in an attempt to force prison [...] Full text...

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Oscar Pistorius to appeal parole delays

08 march 2022 - 09:34:20
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Lawyers representing convicted killer Oscar Pistorius are heading to court over his stalled parole [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Oscar Pistorius eligible for parole in 2023

06 february 2021 - 15:28:40
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) has announced that it will reduce convicted killer [...] Full text...

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South Africa's prosecuting authority refuses to address Grace Mugabe extradition claims

17 april 2019 - 08:15:26
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) is refusing to confirm or deny claims that it has [...] Full text...

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South African top lawyer seeks to keep paedophile behind bars

19 november 2018 - 11:02:04
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Leading South African lawyer Barry Roux, who found international fame with his spirited defence [...] Full text...

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Top South African boxer tests positive for 'banned' substance

07 november 2018 - 14:18:49
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Top South African boxer, Kevin Lerena, is embroiled in a doping saga after the [...] Full text...

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Top South African prosecutor sets his sights on wealthy businessman

19 october 2018 - 10:54:01
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Leading South African prosecutor Gerrie Nel, who found international fame for his role in [...] Full text...

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Afrikaner group seeks to drum up support in America

03 may 2018 - 09:51:27
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The AfriForum organisation which represents the interests of South Africa's minority Afrikaans population has [...] Full text...

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Malema slams 'racist' prosecutors

19 april 2018 - 09:25:59
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A major race row has erupted after lobby group AfriForum on Thursday announced that [...] Full text...

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South Africa's Constitutional Court dismisses application by Pistorius

09 april 2018 - 18:44:55
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African Constitutional Court has dismissed an application by former Paralympian Oscar Pistorius [...] Full text...

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South African rights organisation targets son of world famous lawyer

27 february 2018 - 10:42:35
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The prosecutor who secured the murder conviction of paralympian Oscar Pistorius has set his [...] Full text...

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Pistorius takes murder sentence to Constitutional Court

19 december 2017 - 15:15:22
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former Paralympian Oscar Pistorius has filed papers at the Constitutional Court - South Africa's [...] Full text...

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Oscar Pistorius involved in prison brawl

12 december 2017 - 14:01:14
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former Paralympic Oscar Pistorius has been injured in a prison fight over the use [...] Full text...

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South Africa court increases Pistorius's jail sentence

24 november 2017 - 08:19:50
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) in Bloemfontein on Friday sentenced former Paralympian Oscar [...] Full text...

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Top prosecutor sets sights on President Zuma's son

17 october 2017 - 11:21:23
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Top prosecutor Gerrie Nel who ensured that Paralympian Oscar Pistorius was convicted for the [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Outrage over Oscar Pistorius movie

04 october 2017 - 13:33:38
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The family of jailed paralympian, Oscar Pistorius, has expressed outrage over a film released [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Supreme Court sets date for Oscar Pistorius hearing

19 september 2017 - 10:08:32
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s Supreme Court has set 2 November to hear the state's appeal of [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Red alert at SA borders to prevent Grace Mugabe from leaving

17 august 2017 - 16:16:27
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Police Minister Fikile Mbalula on Thursday said the authorities were enforcing a "red alert" [...] Full text...

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South Africa: SA paralympian Pistorius admitted to hospital

03 august 2017 - 16:23:06
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African paralympian Oscar Pistorius was taken to Kalafong Hospital in Pretoria on Thursday [...] Full text...

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South Africa: State required to present arguments over Oscar Pistorius's sentence

04 november 2016 - 12:59:57
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African Supreme Court of Appeal on Friday said the State must argue [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Court rejects move to increase Oscar Pistorius's sentence

26 august 2016 - 13:24:52
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The North Gauteng High Court on Friday rejected the State's bid for leave to [...] Full text...

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South Africa: State to appeal Pistorius' sentence

21 july 2016 - 10:31:05
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) on Thursday announced that it will appeal Oscar [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Oscar Pistorius sentenced to six years in jail

06 july 2016 - 09:13:52
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria on Wednesday sentenced Oscar Pistorius to six [...] Full text...

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BREAKING NEWS: Oscar Pistorius jailed for six years for murder of girlfriend

06 july 2016 - 08:44:41
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - Fallen South African Olympian Oscar Pistorius was on Wednesday sentenced to six years imprisonment for [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Oscar Pistorius admits he deserves long prison sentence

23 june 2016 - 16:02:39
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A traumatised and tearful Oscar Pistorius, reliving the moment he fired four shots at [...] Full text...

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South Africa: "Broken" Oscar Pistorius walks on stumps in court

15 june 2016 - 15:34:10
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – State prosecutor Gerrie Nel on Wednesday urged the North Gauteng High Court to slam [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Pistorius back in court for re-sentencing

13 june 2016 - 11:33:30
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The sentencing hearing for convicted killer Oscar Pistorius began in the North Gauteng High [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Oscar Pistorius granted bail

08 december 2015 - 09:52:51
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Convicted murderer Oscar Pistorius was granted US$800 bail in the North Gauteng High Court [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Oscar Pistorius convicted of murder

03 december 2015 - 12:15:56
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) in Bloemfontein on Thursday overturned Oscar Pistorius’s [...] Full text...

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BREAKING NEWS: Oscar Pistorius found guilty of murder

03 december 2015 - 09:54:56
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal on Thursday found Paralympian Oscar Pistorius guilty of [...] Full text...

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South Africa: SA Supreme Court of Appeal to rule on conviction of Oscar Pistorius

01 december 2015 - 17:16:28
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal will on Thursday rule on whether the 2014 [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Supreme Court of Appeal reserves judgement in Pistorius case

03 november 2015 - 12:37:30
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The five presiding justices of the Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein on Tuesday [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Pistorius released from prison

20 october 2015 - 06:09:27
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Correctional Services Department has confirmed that Paralympian Oscar Pistorius was released from prison [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Pistorius to be released from prison next week

15 october 2015 - 14:19:12
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa's Correctional Supervision and Parole Board Thursday approved the release of paralympian Oscar [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Minister blocks paralympian Pistorius's release from jail

19 august 2015 - 17:04:55
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's Correctional Services minister Michael Masutha on Wednesday announced that Oscar Pistorius will [...] Full text...

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South Africa: State to appeal Oscar Pistorius conviction

17 august 2015 - 13:44:23
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The State on Monday filed its heads of argument in the Oscar Pistorius case [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Pistorius loses bid to block state's appeal

13 march 2015 - 10:49:14
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Paralympian Oscar Pistorius on Friday lost a legal bid to prevent the state from [...] Full text...

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South Africa: South Africa's judicial system in international spotlight (Feature by Craig Urquhart, PANA Correspondent, Johannesburg)

27 december 2014 - 09:45:36
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - A number of high-profile court cases in 2014 have put South Africa’s judicial system in [...] Full text...

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South Africa: State granted leave to appeal conviction of Oscar Pistorius

10 december 2014 - 10:13:25
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The State's bid for leave to appeal the “inappropriate” ruling in the high-profile Oscar [...] Full text...

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South Africa: State to appeal Pretorius' conviction and sentence

27 october 2014 - 16:12:45
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) on Monday confirmed that it will appeal both [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Pistorius spends first night in jail

22 october 2014 - 12:06:56
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South African Paralympian Oscar Pistorius has spent his first night at Pretoria’s Kgosi Mampuru [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Pistorius sentenced to five year's imprisonment

21 october 2014 - 09:50:18
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) – Fallen hero Oscar Pistorius was Tuesday sentenced to five years in prison for killing his [...] Full text...

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South Africa: A tale of three trials (Feature by Craig Urquhart, PANA Correspondent, Johannesburg)

19 october 2014 - 08:19:00
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Three dramatic criminal trials in two continents have this week cast the international spotlight [...] Full text...

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South Africa: State calls for 10-year jail term for Pistorius

17 october 2014 - 13:02:51
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The sentencing procedures in the high-profile Oscar Pistorius trial ended on Friday with prosecutor [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Don't sent Pistorius to jail - Social worker

14 october 2014 - 12:05:24
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - A social worker has recommended that double amputee Oscar Pistorius should not be jailed [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Sentencing procedures underway in Oscar Pistorius trial

13 october 2014 - 12:23:10
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Paralympian Oscar Pistorius was a “broken man” after killing his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, his [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Judge under fire over Pistorius verdict

15 september 2014 - 10:22:21
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The furore over Judge Thokozile Masipa’s acquittal of Oscar Pistorius has continued to reverberate [...] Full text...

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South Africa: How Pistorius trial captivated the world (A feature by By Craig Urquhart, PANA Correspondent)

13 september 2014 - 12:05:04
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa and, for that matter, the rest of the world, has never seen [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Pistorius' bail extended after conviction, sentencing fixed for 13 Oct

12 september 2014 - 13:22:48
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Judge Thokozile Masipa on Friday afternoon granted Oscar Pistorius extended bail while he awaits [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Pistorius guilty of culpable homicide

12 september 2014 - 09:35:05
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A day after being cleared on a main charge of murder, Paralympian Oscar Pistorius [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Judge indicates Pistorius not guilty of pre-meditated murder

11 september 2014 - 11:06:31
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - In a dramatic development in the Oscar Pistorius murder trial, Judge Thokozile Masipa Thursday [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Judgement underway in Pistorius trial

11 september 2014 - 09:50:54
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Judgement is underway in the high-profile Oscar Pistorius murder trial in South Africa, with [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Global wait for Thursday's judgement on Pistorius

10 september 2014 - 12:21:15
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Millions of people in South Africa and around the world are eagerly awaiting Thursday’s [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Pistorius' lawyer hits back at prosecutor in final argument

08 august 2014 - 11:13:36
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Defence advocate Barry Roux on Friday labelled Paralympian murder accused Oscar Pistorius as a [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Prosecutor presents final argument in Pistorius' case

07 august 2014 - 12:05:39
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - State prosecutor Gerrie Nel Thursday presented his final arguments in the Oscar Pistorius murder [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Pistorius involved in nightclub brawl

15 july 2014 - 10:02:25
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Just one week after the defence closed its case in South Africa’s biggest-ever murder [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Pistorius under fire over religious tweets

14 july 2014 - 14:08:53
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Oscar Pistorius has sparked a storm of controversy by sending a Tweet to thousands [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Defence team wraps up case in Pistorius murder trial

08 july 2014 - 13:00:52
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The defence team in the Oscar Pistorius murder trial on Tuesday wrapped up its [...] Full text...

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South Africa: TV channels airs dramatic Oscar Pistorius footage

06 july 2014 - 14:03:49
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Lawyers for murder-accused Paralympian Oscar Pistorius have warned they will take legal action over [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Pistorius murder trial resumes after psychological assessment

30 june 2014 - 10:00:55
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Paralympian Oscar Pistorius on Monday returned to the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Pistorius reports to psychiatric hospital

26 may 2014 - 11:24:46
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Murder suspect Oscar Pistorius Monday reported to the Weskoppies psychiatric hospital near Pretoria, South [...] Full text...

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Zambia: Sata’s testimony in court generates public interest (News feature by Mildred Mulenga, PANA Correspondent)

25 may 2014 - 08:11:55
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Some legal experts in Zambia have expressed bewilderment at President Michael Sata recent appearance in court [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Pistorius to report to psychiatric hospital next week

20 may 2014 - 14:44:35
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African Judge Thokozile Masipa on Tuesday ruled that murder accused, Oscar Pistorius, will [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Implication of court order for Pistorius to undergo mental observation

14 may 2014 - 12:25:06
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Wednesday's ruling by the Judge in the Oscar Pistorius murder trial, that the accused [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Court orders Pistorius to undergo mental observation

14 may 2014 - 09:04:30
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The Judge in the Oscar Pistorius trial Thokozile Masipa on Wednesday ruled that the [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Court to rule on whether Pistorius needs psychological evaluation

13 may 2014 - 15:36:09
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Oscar Pistorius murder trial hangs in the balance following a dramatic day of [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Neighbour testifies about hysterical phone call from Pistorius

05 may 2014 - 11:42:36
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - After a two-week recess, the Oscar Pistorius trial resumed in South Africa Monday, with [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Pistorius trial to take three-week break

16 april 2014 - 10:00:48
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - The Oscar Pistorius murder trial in South Africa, which has captivated the attention of the [...] Full text...

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South Africa: State wraps up case against Pistorius

15 april 2014 - 11:18:27
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - State prosecutor Gerrie Nel Tuesday ended his grueling cross-examination of double amputee Oscar Pistorius by [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Newspaper also labels Pistorius “a liar”

13 april 2014 - 12:21:29
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) – The Oscar Pistorius’s problems continue to mount with the Sunday Times newspaper backing State Prosecutor [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Human Rights Commission to probe Pistorius trial prosecutor

11 april 2014 - 14:03:42
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) – Following a week of brutal cross examination in the Oscar Pistorius trial, the South African [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Prosecutor to Oscar Pistorius, "You lied"

10 april 2014 - 14:43:50
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) – Oscar Pistorius on Thursday experienced another harrowing day in the witness box at the North [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Pistorius grilled over "zombie stopper" remark

09 april 2014 - 15:11:32
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – An explosive exchange between state prosecutor Gerrie Nel and Paralympian Oscar Pistorius in the [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Emotional Pistorius takes stand

07 april 2014 - 13:04:22
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - An emotional Oscar Pistorius on Monday took the stand in a North Gauteng court to [...] Full text...

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South Africa: SA gears for another high-profile murder trial

05 april 2014 - 13:41:16
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - With the Oscar Pistorius murder trial due to resume Monday after a 10-day break, [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Pistorius to testify at resumed own murder trial Friday

26 march 2014 - 07:45:36
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) – Oscar Pistorius’s defence team has confirmed that the paralympian could testify in his own defence [...] Full text...

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Pistorius Trial: Witness contradicts defence

24 march 2014 - 14:56:13
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - Following a five-day adjournment, the Oscar Pistorius murder trial resumed in South Africa's North Gauteng [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Court hears of Pistorius’ obsession with guns

17 march 2014 - 11:18:54
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - The North Gauteng High Court on Monday heard that murder accused Oscar Pistorius planned to [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Defence picks holes in Pistorius case

14 march 2014 - 10:38:59
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - Leading South African defence attorney Barry Roux on Friday continued to pick holes in the [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Leading forensic policeman grilled at Pistorius trial

13 march 2014 - 09:34:03
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - One of South Africa's leading forensic policemen is having a tough time in the witness [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Survey shows interest in Pistorius trial higher than 2014 World Cup

12 march 2014 - 07:51:25
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - South African media monitoring group Data Driven Insight (DDI) has revealed that the ongoing Oscar [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Pistorius retches over graphic evidence

10 march 2014 - 12:45:37
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - There were disturbing scenes in the North Gauteng High Court on Monday when murder accused [...] Full text...

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South Africa: SA media gripped by Pistorius trial

09 march 2014 - 17:23:58
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) – It’s been widely dubbed South Africa’s trial of the century and one week into the [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Leading law enforcement experts to meet in SA

08 march 2014 - 11:29:04
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) – Directors of Crime Stoppers International (CSI) meet this weekend in Cape Town with South African [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Doctor testifies how he found Reeva Steenkamp dying

06 march 2014 - 13:11:25
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - In a dramatic day of testimony at the Oscar Pretorius murder trial, a radiologist Thursday [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Witness breaks down at Pistorius trial

04 march 2014 - 12:57:35
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - The second witness in the high-profile Oscar Pistorius murder trial Tuesday told the North Gauteng [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Pistorius witness describes gunshots

03 march 2014 - 12:33:38
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - The first witness at the Oscar Pistorius murder trial which started Monday has told the [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Oscar Pistorius pleads not guilty as trial starts

03 march 2014 - 10:07:41
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - South African Paralympian Oscar Pistorius Monday pleaded not guilty to the charges against him, as [...] Full text...

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South Africa: All set for “trial of the century”

02 march 2014 - 09:04:49
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - South Africans as well as a global television audience are gearing up for the Oscar [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Outcry over Oscar Pistorius cookies

26 february 2014 - 08:57:58
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - A Cape Town, South Africa, bakery has sparked a national outcry by launching an [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Judge allows partial broadcast of Pistorius trial

25 february 2014 - 12:24:25
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The North Gauteng High Court Tuesday ruled that media houses will be permitted to [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Evidence links Pistorius to pornographic websites

23 february 2014 - 08:45:08
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - In a dramatic development one week before the start of the Oscar Pistorius murder [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Prosecutors deny leak in Pistorius case

21 february 2014 - 09:46:38
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) on Friday denied leaking documents on Oscar Pistorius [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Media houses apply to broadcast Pistorius trial

19 february 2014 - 06:24:20
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Several major media houses will Wednesday argue in the Pretoria High Court for [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Pistorius expresses “sorrow” as murder trial looms

14 february 2014 - 09:31:03
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa Paralympian Oscar Pistorius Friday marked the one year anniversary of the fatal [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Prosecutors await key evidence ahead of Pistorius trial

11 february 2014 - 11:18:58
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - With less than three weeks before a global television audience witnesses the start of [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Judge for Pistorius case announced

20 january 2014 - 11:13:20
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - A woman judge has been appointed to hear the case of South African Paralympic [...] Full text...

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Pistorius' trial starts 3 March 2014

19 august 2013 - 11:38:07
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The murder trial of South Africa's star paralympian Oscar Pistorius will begin 3 March [...] Full text...

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Emotional Pistorious gets bail

22 february 2013 - 15:15:46
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South African paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorious was granted bail by the Pretoria Magistrate's Court [...] Full text...

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Lead detective in Pistorious case replaced

22 february 2013 - 08:18:20
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - In a dramatic twist to the bail application of South Africa's fallen sports hero [...] Full text...

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Pistorious ''did not assault girlfriend''

20 february 2013 - 12:31:00
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Police on Wednesday denied claims that Oscar Pistorius may have physically assaulted his girlfriend [...] Full text...

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Pistorious’ bail hearing resumes in SA

19 february 2013 - 11:10:16
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South African Paralympic and Olympic running star Oscar Pistorius again broke down in court [...] Full text...

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SA Olympic hero arrested after fatal shooting

14 february 2013 - 10:56:24
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa’s famous paralympian Oscar Pistorious is in police custody after killing his model [...] Full text...

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'New African' magazine names six athletes among 100 most influential Africans

02 december 2012 - 14:51:35
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Six Sportsmen and women and two sports administrators are included in the list of 100 most [...] Full text...

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Magazine names 100 most influential Africans

30 november 2012 - 14:11:23
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The New African magazine, a pan-African current affairs magazine, has unveiled its annual list of 100 [...] Full text...

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Kenyan runner, Cheruiyot, named Sportswoman of the Year 2011

08 february 2012 - 09:10:24
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Kenyan runner Vivian Cheruiyot has been named the Laureus Sportswoman of the Year Award winner for [...] Full text...

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African athletes eye records at Berlin marathon

23 september 2011 - 18:54:09
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - African runners, including Kenyan athletes Mary Keitany, the World half marathon record holder at 1:05:50, and [...] Full text...

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