On Friday, Justice Minister Michael Masutha denied parole to Chris Hani’s killer‚ Janusz Walus."I have decided that the placement of the offender on parole is not advisable at this stage and his application is therefore not approved‚" Masutha said at a media briefing in Pretoria.The Polish immigrant, and right-wing politician Clive Derby-Lewis were sentenced to death for the murder of Hani outside his home in Boksburg on April 10 1993.Walus fired the fatal shots and Derby-Lewis provided the gun.The sentences were commuted to life. Derby-Lewis was granted medical parole on May 15 2015 after being diagnosed with terminal lung cancer.Masutha turned down Walus’s application for parole in April 2015.But Walus‚ who is serving time in the Kgosi Mampuru II prison in Pretoria‚ secured a court order for his release on parole in the High Court in Pretoria in 2016 when he asked the court to review Masutha’s decision to refuse his parole application.Judge Nicolene Janse van Nieuwenhuizen ordered...
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