What was supposed to be a tribute to communist anti-apartheid hero Chris Hani turned into an occasion for political sideswipes and soap-boxing.
After twenty years, what have we learnt from the ultimate sacrifice Chris Hani made, asks Jay Naidoo.
SA owes assassinated SA Communist Party leader Chris Hani a debt of gratitude for what he did during the struggle, says President Jacob Zuma.
Clive Derby-Lewis wants to apologise for his role in the assassination of SACP general secretary Chris Hani, the New Age has reported.
Joe Slovo and Chris Hani died believing citizen activism would outlive them and defend the justice and human rights they fought for, says Jay Naidoo.
Thuli Madonsela’s office says the protector is looking into the medical parole matter of Clive Derby-Lewis, who killed SACP leader Chris Hani in 1993.
The Department of Correctional Services said they are still waiting for further information before they decide on bail for Clive Derby-Lewis.
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/ 29 October 2010
The government is investigating how a laptop ended up in Clive Derby-Lewis’s room, after his wife said the goverment lied by saying she took it in.
A report on Clive Derby-Lewis’s medical condition will be submitted to the Parole Board to supplement his parole application, his lawyer says.
The operation to remove a cancerous growth from Clive Derby-Lewis’s head was a success, a spokesperson for his lawyer said on Wednesday.
Convicted killer Clive Derby-Lewis might have to have his lower right leg amputated because of gangrene, his lawyer said on Tuesday.
Clive Derby-Lewis should serve the full 25 years of his prison sentence for the murder of SACP general secretary Chris Hani, the DA said on Monday.
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/ 11 September 2010
A final decision on the pardon application of Clive Derby-Lewis, the man who orchestrated the murder of Chris Hani, would be made next month.
SACP leader Chris Hani’s killer, Clive Derby-Lewis, shouldn’t be considered for parole until he has served a longer sentence, the DA says.
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/ 6 November 2009
The ruling party’s culture of authoritarianism goes back a long way, to the days of exile writes Stephen Ellis.
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/ 21 October 2009
Sello Alcock reviews <em>Hani: A life Too Short</em> by Janet Smith and Beauregard Tromp.
‘Modise had the most to gain fom Hani’s assassination,’ says RW Johnson in his new book.
The minister of correctional services has welcomed Tuesday’s high court ruling dismissing convicted murderer Clive Derby-Lewis’s parole bid.
The ANC on Tuesday joined the family of Chris Hani in welcoming a court ruling dismissing Clive Derby-Lewis’s parole bid.
The parole application of Chris Hani’s murderer, Clive Derby-Lewis, was dismissed in the North Gauteng High Court on Tuesday.
The Pretoria High Court will hand down judgement on Tuesday in the parole application of Clive Derby-Lewis, who was convicted of murdering Chris Hani.
The optimism expressed by Chris Hani’s murderer, Clive Derby-Lewis, after his parole application, was premature, Hani’s widow said on Wednesday.
To deny Limpho Hani the right to participate in the parole hearing of her husband’s killer was ”cruel justice, a Pretoria court heard on Tuesday.
Chris Hani’s killer, Clive Derby-Lewis, is not entitled to parole although he is eligible for it, the North Gauteng High Court heard on Tuesday.
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/ 12 December 2008
Soweto’s two oldest main roads are to be renamed after anti-apartheid struggle leaders next week, it was reported on Friday.
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/ 18 November 2008
The date for a parole application by Clive Derby-Lewis, who is serving a life sentence for murder of SACP leader Chris Hani, is still to be set.
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/ 28 October 2008
An application for parole by Clive Derby-Lewis, killer of former SACP leader Chris Hani, was postponed in the Pretoria High Court on Tuesday.
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/ 28 October 2008
Clive Derby-Lewis, killer of former SACP leader Chris Hani, is expected to apply for parole in the Pretoria High Court on Tuesday.
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/ 17 October 2008
Correctional Services committee chairperson Dennis Bloem has urged Minister Ngconde Balfour to oppose a bid for parole by one of Chris Hani’s killers.
Parole has been recommended for Clive Derby-Lewis, convicted of killing former SACP leader Chris Hani, his attorney said on Thursday.
The Congress of South Africa Trade Unions (Cosatu) will stage the first of a series of protests against rising food prices in a march through Polokwane in Limpopo on Sunday, spokesperson Patrick Craven said on Friday. Besides drawing attention to rising food prices, the protesters will also complain about the electricity crisis.
Slain revolutionary leader Chris Hani would not have believed that 14 years into democracy, South Africa is still an unequal society, the Congress of South African Trade Unions said on Thursday at a memorial service marking 15 years since the assassination of Hani, the then-head of the South African Communist Party.