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Apartheid-era assassin’s parole appeal rejected

The man who nearly plunged South Africa into a full-blown race war ahead of the country’s first democratic elections has lost his bid for leave to appeal the refusal of his release on parole in the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA).

Gauteng High Court Justice Elizabeth Kubushi, who rejected the bid by Janusz Walus, said there was no prospect of success in the SCA.

The Polish immigrant assassinated South African Communist Party leader, Chris Hani, on 10 April, 1993, while tense negotiations were on to end apartheid.

The murder took place outside Hani’s Boksburg home and he was shot four times.

A neighbour noted the registration of the car fleeing the scene, which resulted in Walus’s capture.

The police found a hit-list that also contained Nelson Mandela’s name.

Walus was sentenced to death, but after the abolition of the death penalty in South Africa, his sentence was commuted to life imprisonment.

In refusing his application to be released on parole, Kubushi said his argument that his further incarceration amounted to cruel and degrading punishment was unsustainable.(PANA/NAN)

Monday Ashibogwu

Monday Michaels Ashibogwu is Editor-In-Chief of QUICK NEWS AFRICA, one of Nigeria's leading online news service.

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