THE Constitutional Court has ordered the Department of Justice to release former SA Communist Party (SACP) General Secretary Chris Hani’s killer, Janusz Walus, on parole.
Chief Justice Raymond Zondo said the decision to deny the Polish immigrant parole on March 2020 was irrational and set aside.
In a unanimous judgement on Monday, Zondo ordered Justice Minister Ronald Lamola to release Walus on parole in the next 10 days.
An immigrant from Poland, Walus killed anti-apartheid activist Chris Hani in October 1993.
Janusz Walus is getting parole. The man who killed Chris Hani will be a free man today. I can already hear where this is going. The man hasn’t even told us who ordered him to kill Hani.😭😭😭
— Gugu Lebohang❤️ (@gugu_mtho) November 21, 2022
He was initially sentenced to death for the murder but later had that sentence commuted to life behind bars.
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