Reeva's memory lives on: Myers family

The memory of paralympian Oscar Pistorius's girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp will live on, the Myers family said on Monday. 

   

Steenkamp lived with the family during her time in Johannesburg.  

 

Their daughter Gina was Steenkamp's best friend.

   

"Ironically, the 19th of August 2013 [Monday] would have been Reeva’s 30th birthday, a day that should have been a celebration of her life," they said in a statement. 

   

"Instead, it will now mark a court appearance relating to her untimely passing six months ago."

   

They said that as the world's attention focused on the court, "there are those who met, knew and loved Reeva that will focus their attention on their hearts and memories, allowing her life, strength of character and passion to live on through them".

   

The family is due to testify at Pistorius's trial in March next year. 

   

Pistorius appeared in the Pretoria Magistrate's Court on Monday where he was served with an indictment.    

 

Along with murder, Pistorius was also charged with contravening the Firearms Control Act.

   

The trial was moved to the High Court in Pretoria and would run from March 3 to 20.

   

The indictment lists 107 witnesses to testify for the State.   

 

Among them were the Myers, Pistorius's sister Aimee, his uncle Arnold, former police investigator Hilton Botha, and residents of the Silver Woods Country Estate in Pretoria, where he lived.

   

Medical experts, paramedics, ballistic and forensic experts would also be called.

   

Steenkamp was shot dead in Pistorius's Pretoria home on February 14. At his bail hearing, Pistorius submitted that he thought Steenkamp was an intruder.

   

-Sapa