Pretoria - Justice and Correctional Services Minister Michael Masutha has taken a decision to appeal the high court ruling that grants Janusz Walus parole.
Walus is serving a life sentence for the murder of Chris Hani, the former General Secretary of the South African Communist Party (SACP), in 1993.
In 2013, the parole board recommended that Walus be released on parole, but Minister Masutha turned the recommendation down.
Earlier this month, the Gauteng Division of the High Court in Pretoria set aside the Minister’s decision not to grant him parole.
The court set parole conditions within 14 days from the date of judgment.
However on Wednesday, the department said the Minister’s legal representatives have filed and served a notice of application for leave to appeal against the judgment with the registrar of the high court.
“The Minister believes that the Honourable Court erred in its judgment and is of the view that there are prospects of success on appeal and that the Appeal Court will arrive at a different conclusion,” the Department said.
Walus’s co-conspirator, Clive Derby-Lewis, was released on medical parole in June last year. - SAnews.gov.za
