Oscar Pistorius is to appear at
Pretoria police station as a condition of his bail.
It will be the Paralympian's first public appearance since he
was granted bail on Friday.
He denies the premeditated murder of his girlfriend Reeva
Steenkamp at his Pretoria home on Valentine's Day.
Pistorius claims he killed the 29-year-old model accidentally,
mistaking her for an intruder.
The athlete must sign in at Brooklyn police station - where he
had been held for over a week during his bail hearing - twice a week as part of
his bail conditions.
The double amputee has also had to hand in his two South African
passports and his guns, as well as agree to stay away from the estate where he
lived.
He is also banned from contacting any witnesses and from
drinking alcohol and has been staying with his uncle Arnold since he was
released on bail.
Magistrate Desmond Nair set bail at one million rand (£73,000)
and postponed the case until June 4.
On Sunday it emerged his older brother, Carl, who was a constant
presence in court last week, is himself facing trial over the death of a woman.
Carl Pistorius is charged with culpable homicide over the death
of a woman motorcyclist in a traffic accident in 2008.
The case has no relation to the charges against Oscar Pistorius.
It is the second time someone associated with the Pistorius case
has been found to face a serious charge that has been dropped and then
reinstated.
It was revealed that the chief police investigator in the case
is facing charges of seven counts of attempted murder for shooting at a vehicle
with seven passengers.
Following the revelations, Hilton Botha was removed from the
Pistorius investigation and a new chief detective - Lieutenant General
Vineshkumar Moonoo - was appointed on Thursday.
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