The delay was because the board had been unable to finalise all its cases on Friday, when it had been due to meet to decide if Pistorius should be freed on parole or serve a longer period in jail.
It gave no specific date for another meeting.
The Paralympics gold medallist was due to be released on house arrest in August after serving 10 months of a five-year sentence, but South Africa’s justice minister blocked his release, saying procedure had not been followed.
He referred the case to the parole review board.
The spokesman for South Africa’s prisons could not be immediately reached for comment.
Pistorius’ spokeswoman said she had to seek advise from her client before making a statement.
Pistorius was found guilty last September of culpable homicide, the equivalent of manslaughter, after he fired four 9mm shots through a locked toilet door in 2013 killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine’s Day, Reuters reported.
During the trial, prosecutors argued Pistorius had killed Steenkamp deliberately after a row.
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