The court held that the latest decision of the justice ministry in 2020 to deny Chris Hani’s murderer parole was irrational
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Janusz Walus is expected to return to the Pretoria High Court on Tuesday morning to once again apply for parole
It’s almost impossible to talk about Hani without mentioning the two men responsible for his death
The former politician died on Thursday in a Tshwane hospital.
On Thursday the Pretoria High Court dismissed the application for leave to appeal the release of Chris Hani’s killer, Janusz Walus.
The terminally ill man who provided the gun that killed Chris Hani is to be out of prison by the end of next week.
The Pretoria high court has heard that Clive Derby-Lewis’s apologies were mere lip service and the initial decline of his parole request was rational.
Clive Derby-Lewis denies claims that he instructed his legal team to sue Minister Michael Masutha, who rejected his medical parole.
While Clive Derby-Lewis is not recognised as being terminally ill enough, Apartheid commander Eugene de Kock has been released on parole.
Justice minister says former Vlakplaas commander Eugene de Kock will be released on parole while Clive Derby-Lewis remains behind bars.
The quest for medical parole continues for Chris Hani’s assassin, Clive Derby-Lewis, as the medical parole board files another recommendation.
Gaye Derby-Lewis warns Chris Hani’s wife, Limpho, and the SACP not to make allegations of wider conspiracies about Hani’s murder.
Lawyers for Chris Hani’s killer, Clive Derby-Lewis, have revealed he has only months to live during a high court application for his release.
Apartheid-era assassin Eugene de Kock has "served his time", according to former TRC deputy chairperson Alex Boraine.
The convicted killer’s lawyer has denied blackmail allegations surrounding video footage of Waterkloof Four inmate Christoff Becker.
The correctional services department says Clive Derby-Lewis’s lawyers have submitted an incomplete parole application form.
Lawyers for Clive Derby-Lewis say they will take the justice department to the high court if it hasn’t decided on his parole application by this week.
Clive Derby-Lewis – convicted of killing SACP secretary general Chris Hani – has been recommended to be granted parole.
Convicted killer Clive Derby-Lewis has been diagnosed with terminal lung cancer, according to his wife Gaye.
Thousands of SACP members marched to a Pretoria prison to demand that Chris Hani’s killer remains behind bars, says the party spokesperson.
The department of correctional services disputed a report that the High Court granted Derby-Lewis be taken to hospital for medical treatment.
The North Gauteng High Court has reportedly allowed that convicted killer Clive Derby-Lewis be transported to hospital for medical attention.
Chris Hani’s murderer, Clive Derby-Lewis, and his co-conspirator Janusz Waluś have been attacked in prison.
Clive Derby-Lewis wants to apologise for his role in the assassination of SACP general secretary Chris Hani, the New Age has reported.
An application for the medical parole of convicted killer Clive Derby-Lewis has been denied, according to a report.
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 medical parole bid by Chris Hani’s assassin, Clive Derby-Lewis, is part of a deceitful campaign to get out of jail, the SACP says.
Convicted murderer Clive Derby-Lewis plans to challenge the department of correctional services on its decision not to grant him parole.
Clive Derby-Lewis, who is serving a life sentence for the murder of SACP leader Chris Hani, learned on Friday that his prostate cancer was aggressive.
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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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.
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The wife of Clive Derby-Lewis was on Saturday caught trying to smuggle a laptop into hospital where he is being kept, correctional services said.