JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA – 1997: Janusz Walus, Chris Hani’s killer during his amnesty hearing at Benoni Town Hall. (Photo by Gallo Images/Oryx Media Archive).
BREAKING: ConCourt dismisses Limpho Hani’s application to rescind release of Janusz Walus
Chris Hani’s widow, Limpho, wanted the Constitutional Court to reconsider its decision to grant her husband’s killer, Janusz Walus parole.
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA – 1997: Janusz Walus, Chris Hani’s killer during his amnesty hearing at Benoni Town Hall. (Photo by Gallo Images/Oryx Media Archive).
The Constitutional Court has reportedly dismissed Limpho Hani’s reconsideration application to release her husband’s killer, Janusz Walus from prison.
On Wednesday, 7 December, the Department of Justice and Correctional Services confirmed that Walus was released from the hospital where he had been kept after he was stabbed by another prisoner on 29 November.
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As previously reported, Walus was serving a life sentence for the 1993 murder of anti-apartheid activist and South African Communist Party (SACP) leader, Chris Hani.
In November, the Constitutional Court ordered that the Polish national be released on parole.
The Apex Court’s decision did not sit well with Limpho Hani who described it as diabolical and together with the SACP they vowed to challenge it. The ANC, COSATU and other unions also expressed their disappointment and also marched to the Kgosi Mampuru II Correctional Facility where Walus was serving his sentence.
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Walus was denied parole four times before. His accomplice in the assassination, Clive Derby-Lewis, who organised the hit, was released on medical parole in June 2015 and died of lung cancer in November 2016.
“Offender Walus was only discharged from hospital today (7 December) as he had been receiving treatment after he was involved in a stabbing incident. He will serve two years under community corrections in line with the parole regime upon which he is released,” the Department of Justice and Correctional Services said
The EFF is also amongst the parties that were unhappy about the release of Janusz Walus which it described as diabolical, cynical, and harmful.
The party said it condemns the Polish national’s release as it is abhorrent and shows scant regard for the nature of the crime he committed.
“Janusz Walus not only killed a man, but his bullet also shattered the hopes of millions of our people and almost pushed this country into war,” the party said.
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The Red Berets said the killing of Hani was an assassination of the very idea of freedom itself, and it was not merely murder, but it was treasonous.
“For this, Walus has not even shown remorse, he has not divulged the identities of the people he worked with, and he is likely to pursue his destructive right-wing ideas once released.”
“May our people see what they do with Janusz Walus now that he is out of prison,” it added.
