JOHANNESBURG, South Africa —
South Africa’s
ruling party protested outside a top court Saturday after it ordered the
release of a Polish immigrant whose killing of an anti-apartheid hero in 1993
almost sparked civil conflict.
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The shooting of Chris Hani took the country to the
brink of a race war as negotiations to end apartheid entered their final phase.
The Constitutional Court in Johannesburg on Monday
ordered the release on parole of Janusz Walus, 69, who has served nearly three
decades of a life sentence for the murder.
On Saturday, the ruling
African National Congress (ANC) party and the South African Communist Party (SACP) — both of which have
ties to Hani — led a gathering outside the court to protest the decision.
Senior ANC member Panyaza Lesufi said more
demonstrations were planned for his release — likely next week.
“Even when he leaves that prison ... he must know
South Africans are not happy,” he told local media outside the court.
“We have the right to send the message to him that
you assassinated our hero. He is a murderer, and he must know that.”
South Africa’s Chief Justice Raymond Zondo on Monday
ordered the country’s correctional services minister to place Walus “on parole
on such terms and conditions as he may deem appropriate”.
The right-wing gunman killed Hani, a hugely popular
leader of the SACP and fierce opponent of the apartheid regime, one year before
South Africa’s first multi-racial elections.
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