ANC disappointed with Walus' deportation, calls for full confession
Government announced on Friday that Janusz Walus, who was released from prison on parole two years ago, will be deported back to Poland.
FILE: Janusz Walusz, who was charged with the 10 April 1993 killing of South African Communist Party Secretary-General Chris Hani, poses 23 June during a Truth and Reconcilliation Commission hearing concerning their amnesty in Benoni, east of Johannesburg. Picture: WALTER DHLADHLA / AF
JOHANNESBURG - The African National Congress has described the deportation of former South African Communist Party (SACP) general secretary Chris Hani's murderer as an injustice to South Africans.
Government announced on Friday that Janusz Walus, who was released from prison on parole two years ago, will be deported back to Poland.
Walus was convicted of murdering Hani in 1993, but little is known about the motive behind the liberation hero's assassination.
The deportation of Walus has sparked mixed reactions, with some saying he has no place in South Africa, while others see it as an injustice.
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The ANC is among those opposing Walus' deportation, arguing it should not proceed without a full confession from him.
ANC Secretary General Fikile Mbalula said Walus owes South Africans an explanation, as the party believes there was a wider conspiracy to murder the former SACP leader.
"Janusz Walush deprived South Africa of one of its greatest leaders and his release without a full confession of his actions and conspiracies remains an injustice. The heavy blow that he inflicted on the nation is palpable and fresh, considering its painful on comrade Chris's children and wife," said Mbalula.
But Mbalula says despite Walus' deportation, it's still not too late for him to confess.