Janusz Walus, the man who killed Chris Hani, has again been denied parole.
Walus, a Polish immigrant, killed Hani, a leader of the South African Communist Party, in 1993. Walus and co-conspirator Clive Derby-Lewis were found guilty of murdering Hani and were sentenced to death, although their sentences were commuted to life imprisonment following the abolition of the death penalty in South Africa.
A statement from the Ministry of Justice quoted Ronald Lamola, the Minister of Justice, as saying: ‘Placing offender Walus on parole would negate the severity that the court sought when sentencing him. With this premise, and balancing both negative and positive factors, the placement on parole of offender Walus is not approved at this stage.’
Walus’s parole has now been denied several times.