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Janusz Walus, the extremist who killed South African Communist Party (SACP) leader Chris Hani in 1993

Chris Hani’s killer Walus to be deported to Poland

The decision comes at the end of the parole period of the man who murdered the community party leader in 1993

(above). The funeral of South African Communist Party head Chris
Hani in Soweto on 18 April 1993.  (Photo by WALTER DHLADHLA / AFP)

Book review: Chris Hani’s murder – the plot sickens

In ‘The Plot to Save South Africa’, journalist Justice Malala explores the murder of Chris Hani. Here is an edited excerpt from the book

(John McCann/M&G)

Walus, Zuma: Judges are not intimidated

The courts must be commended for upholding the law, but the Ngcobo report brings a new challenge

Janusz Walus, the extremist who killed South African Communist Party (SACP) leader Chris Hani in 1993

Janusz Walus released on parole

Chris Hani’s killer was released after recovering from being stabbed by a fellow prisoner

Chris Hani’s murderer, Janusz Walus. (Reuters)

Janusz Walus stabbed by fellow inmate

The man who murdered Chris Hani is receiving medical care after an attack three days before his court-ordered release on parole

Janusz Walus has been released on parole. (Photo by Gallo Images/Oryx Media Archive/Getty Images)

The release of Walus, the man who pressed South Africa’s nuclear button

Much like Gavrilo Princip, who lit the flames to World War I in 1914 with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Walus’s actions were seminal

Janusz Walus, the extremist who killed South African Communist Party (SACP) leader Chris Hani in 1993

Walus to serve out parole in SA, not Poland

Home affairs said an exemption had been granted to the man who killed Chris Hani to remain as parole conditions would not be imposed in his native country

Chris Hani’s murderer, Janusz Walus. (Reuters)

Bar council cautions on criticism of Walus ruling

The General Council of the Bar said criticism of rulings should be voiced with deference to the judiciary

Janusz Walus, the extremist who killed South African Communist Party (SACP) leader Chris Hani in 1993

Concourt orders release of Janusz Walus on parole

The court held that the latest decision of the justice ministry in 2020 to deny Chris Hani’s murderer parole was irrational

Right-wing Poland and the glorification of Hani’s killer

Polish anti-racism groups grow more concerned as the image of Chris Hani’s killer becomes normalised, with Janusz Walus’s likeness and name displayed on products for sale on a…

Chris Hani’s murderer, Janusz Walus. (Reuters)

Chris Hani’s killer denied parole, again

Justice minister says granting parole would negate the severity ascribed to the murder by the court when the assassin was sentenced

Janusz Walus during a Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearing. (Reuters)

Hani killer expected to apply for parole, again

Janusz Walus is expected to return to the Pretoria High Court on Tuesday morning to once again apply for parole

Tuesday marks the 25th anniversary of the death of struggle hero Chris Hani.

Chris Hani: The men behind his killing

It’s almost impossible to talk about Hani without mentioning the two men responsible for his death

Minister of Justice and Correctional Services Michael Masutha. (David Harrison/M&G)

Bid to keep Janusz Walus behind bars dismissed

Justice Minister Michael Masutha’s application for leave to appeal a judgment which ordered the release of Chris Hani’s killer has been dismissed.

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Rwandan President Paul Kagame ahead of their meeting at the Government Palace in Kigali, Rwanda on July 23 2018. (Cyril Ndegeya/Anadolu Agency)

ANC calls on Concourt to review release of Hani killer

The ruling party and SACP have marched to the Constitutional Court to demand that the decision to release Janusz Walus on parole be reviewed.

Time to release Eugene de Kock, says Boraine

Apartheid-era assassin Eugene de Kock has "served his time", according to former TRC deputy chairperson Alex Boraine.

Clive Derby-Lewis attacked in prison

Chris Hani’s murderer, Clive Derby-Lewis, and his co-conspirator Janusz Waluś have been attacked in prison.

Derby-Lewis to challenge parole denial

Derby-Lewis faces amputation over infected leg

Convicted killer Clive Derby-Lewis might have to have his lower right leg amputated because of gangrene, his lawyer said on Tuesday.

Derby-Lewis’s cancer ‘worse than expected’

Parties speak out against Derby-Lewis parole

Clive Derby-Lewis should serve the full 25 years of his prison sentence for the murder of SACP general secretary Chris Hani, the DA said on Monday.

Hani not yet laid to rest

‘Modise had the most to gain fom Hani’s assassination,’ says RW Johnson in his new book.