EFF statement on the release of the killer of Chris Hani, Janusz Walus
7 December 2022
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) is disturbed by the diabolical, cynical and harmful release of Janusz Walus, the murderer of the anti-Apartheid hero Chris Hani.
His release comes after the decision by the Constitutional Court to grant parole to Walus, a polish right-winger who took South Africa to the brink of civil war on the eve of democracy in 1993.
We condemn Walus’s release as it is abhorrent and shows scant regard to the nature of the crime that was committed by this murderous maniac. Janusz Walus not only killed a man, but his bullet also shattered the hopes of millions of our people and almost pushed this country into war.
His killing of Hani was an assassination of the very idea of freedom itself, and the killing of Hani was not merely murder, it was treasonous. For this, Walus has not even once shown remorse, he has not divulged the identities of the people he worked with, and he is likely to pursue his destructive right-wing ideas once released. His release marks the ultimate victory of right-wing fundamentalism over the needs and aspirations of the majority of our people.