Hanis Killer Janusz Walus To Be Deported To Poland

Former South African Communist Party SACP leader Chris Hanis killer Janusz Walus will be deported to Poland.

The Ministers of Justice, Home Affairs, Correctional Services and the Presidency made the announcement in a media briefing outside Hanis home in Dawn Park, Ekurhuleni, today.

Minister in the Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni says, "Since Janusz Walus no longer holds any South African enabling documents, the Department of Home Affairs will be deporting him. The National Commissioner of Correctional Services will formally hand over Janusz Walus to the Department of Home Affairs for deportation. The handover and deportations have been seen by National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure NATJOINTS following a Cabinet meeting earlier this week."

In November 2022, the Constitutional Court found that then Justice Minister Ronald Lamolas decision to refuse to grant Walus parole in 2020 had been irrational.

The court then set the decision aside paving the way for the release of Walus from prison the following month, after 28 years behind bars.