heat South Africa publishes last (known) Reeva Steenkamp interview

by Herman Manson (@marklives) heat South Africa has published the last (known) interview with Oscar Pistorius’ deceased girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, conducted 7 days before her death.

Andre Neveling, editor of heat South Africa, was a boarding a flight to Johannesburg from Cape Town when he received the news of the shooting death of Steenkamp. His reaction was one of utter shock – his team had a good relationship with both Pistorius and Steenkamp and the couple had agreed to an exclusive photo shoot together scheduled for later in the year.

It was only well into the flight that he realised his magazine might well be sitting on a global scoop. It had secured and conducted an exclusive interview with Steenkamp several days before her death.

Newspaper front pages dominated by Pistorius arrest

by Gill Moodie (@GrubstreetSA) It’s the same splash today – the sensational Oscar Pistorius shooting – so it’s really interesting to see which South African newspapers came up trumps in the design and headline department in our daily round-up of front pages.

Nike, Oscar Pistorius and weaponry – more ads deemed inappropriate

“Nike extends its deepest sympathy and condolences to all families concerned following this tragic incident. As it is a police matter, Nike will not comment further at this time.”

Commentators are already questioning the appropriateness of ad collateral produced for Nike including its ‘Nike – My body is my weapon’ campaign that featured Pistorius.

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