H Pistorius & Co is a private South African company based in Pretoria,[1] which according to its website[2] is the oldest supplier of agricultural lime in Africa. The company is also the backbone for the personal wealth of the Pistorius family (one member being Oscar Pistorius).
H. Pistorius & Co. is involved in the processing, mining, marketing and distribution of agricultural and industrial limestone. The company was founded in 1944 by the "Lime King", Hendrik Wilhelm Carl (Oom Hendrik) Pistorius (born on August 29, 1917)[3] Oom Hendrik is the father of four sons, Theo, Arnold, Henke and Leo, and three daughters, Sonia Grobler, Heidi Drew and Reine Malan.[4]
The third son, Heinrich Carl Wilhelm (Henke) Pistorius (born March 15, 1953) is the father of the sprinter Oscar Pistorius (born on November 22, 1986).
The Pistorius family holds 100 percent interest in 10 companies through H. Pistorius & Co. Ltd.[5] The youngest brother, Leo Pistorius, is the current managing director and CEO at H P
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Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius freed after serving nearly 9 years in prison for killing girlfriend
PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius, a double-amputee who became a global star competing at his sport’s highest level while running on carbon-fiber blades, was released from prison on Friday after serving nearly nine years for killing his girlfriend, the model Reeva Steenkamp.
Pistorius, 37, quietly left the Atteridgeville Correctional Center in Pretoria and was processed at a parole office before being released to his family, Department of Corrections spokesperson Singabakho Nxumalo told The Associated Press. Nxumalo, who referred to Pistorius’ release as an “operation” designed to avoid a media scramble, declined to give further details.
“I can only tell you he was released this morning,” Nxumalo said.
Pistorius served nearly nine years of his murder sentence of 13 years and five months for the fatal shooting of Steenkamp at his home on Valentine’s Day 2013. He became eligible for early release having served at least half his sentence, a