ConCourt sets date to hear Chris Hani killer Janusz Walus’ parole appeal
The Constitutional Court has set down a date to hear Janusz Walus' appeal for parole.
This after the High Court in Pretoria denied Walus parole earlier this year.
Walus is currently serving a life sentence for shooting South African Communist Party (SACP) secretary-general Chris Hani outside his Dawn Park home in 1993.
His lawyer Julian Knight says the Apex Court will hear the matter on 22 February next year.
“We’d rather not go into the merits of the matter, but it does relate to the various court cases that we have brought on his behalf and the failure to grant parole to him,” says Knight.
“Further to that I don’t want to get into the merits,” Knight adds.
The 68-year-old’s bid for freedom has failed on numerous accounts, including last year when Justice Minister Ronald Lamola turned him down.
In March 2020, the High Court in Pretoria ordered Lamola to reconsider within 60 days the decision taken in January 2019 by former minister Michael Masutha to refuse granting of parole to Walus.
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