Pretoria – South Africans woke up on Tuesday morning to the news that Paralympian Oscar Pistorius was released from prison under correctional supervision on Monday night.

Pistorius's lawyer Brian Webber told The Citizen newspaper that his client was home just after 22:00 on Monday, having been reportedly been release around 20:00.

Most media houses and the public only expected the track star’s release from Kgosi Mampuru II prison on Tuesday, as was decided by the Department of Correctional Services last week.

However, it appears Pistorius’s early release was planned by senior management, catching everyone, including the media, unawares.

Read on as Twitter reacts to Oscar’s surprise, late-night release.





So while we were sleeping Oscar Pistorius was released from prison. Meanwhile Reeva Steenkamp is still dead. — be®N¥ (@dorkbian) October 20, 2015









Oscar Pistorius released???? Nah this life is a set up! — Mahalia (@MahaliaFreedom) October 20, 2015









Welcome homie Ozzy @OscarPistorius only God can judge u homie — Despi (@DESPIDISORDER) October 20, 2015









Shooting & killing your partner in apparent domestic violence incident ought to attract higher penalty than one year https://t.co/oAPCprkALS — justin barbour (@justinbarbour) October 20, 2015

















This Oscar Pistorius business is just plain sad, actually. — sam (@samkeigh_sam) October 20, 2015









Journalists this morning be like, upon learning that Oscar Pistorius was released last night to avoid Media frenzy?? pic.twitter.com/zucz7gBfxS — ? Sir Charles (@SirCharlesZA) October 20, 2015









Mzansi is the only country where your sentencing is shorter than your trial lol #OscarPistorius pic.twitter.com/AISd7f8H8o — Cde Cyc Shawn (@cycshawn) October 20, 2015





#oscarpistorius obviously the parole board decided early release just to avoid a media circus outside the prison pic.twitter.com/Lf5RDOTQ0c — A_Pimp_Named MaK_G (@Da_MaK_G) October 20, 2015

RT DonovanGoliath: #OscarPistorius and his squad walking out of prison like pic.twitter.com/eCJ5H5BoNg #southafrica — Shit SouthAfrica Say (@Shit_Sa_Say) October 20, 2015

Media houses are currently camped outside Pistorius's uncle's home in Pretoria, waiting for an appearance from the fallen star on Tuesday.