Oscar Pistorius will be released from prison next week Tuesday 20 October 2015, and will be on parole until 2019.
Pistorius to be released
On Thursday, the South African parole board met in Pretoria for the second time, after the athlete's proposed August release was blocked by the country's Justice Minister Michael Masutha, who said the decision to free Pistorius had been made "prematurely".
Pistorius was jailed for five years in 2014, after killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine's Day 2013. The double amputee was found guilty of culpable homicide - equivalent to manslaughter - although many prosecutors argue that the judge who presided over his trial did not apply the law correctly by acquitting him of murder.
Pistorius has spent 12 months in jail, and will now complete the rest of his sentence under house arrest, or "correctional supervision", according to the parole board.
"The parole board considered all submissions' including the offender's profile report' the directives of the Parole Review Board and the submission of the victim's family," said a statement issued by the Department of Correctional Services.
"The Parole Board has also given the offender his correctional supervision conditions which include the directives of the Parole Review Board in respect of continued psychotherapy and prohibitions in line with the Fire Arms Control Act."
The prosecution has appealed the court's verdict that found Pistorius guilty of culpable homicide, arguing that he should have been convicted of murder. The case against the "Blade Runner" is expected to be heard on 3 November.
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