Walus also deserves parole

CHRIS Hani s widow Limpho and ANC spokesman Zizi Kodwa must wake up and smell the coffee. South Africa is a country governed by the rule of law.

The justice system follows laws and not emotions. The laws governing criminal justice were put to their maximum use when Janusz Walus and his co-conspirator Clive Derby-Lewis were sentenced to death and later to life.

Now Walus may be paroled after serving 23 years for the murder of Chris Hani, which undeniably hurt black South Africans.

But does this duo and others know there are other prisoners who have been and would still be paroled after serving certain portions of their sentences for murder?

I suppose they think a criminal who killed Hani does not deserve the same treatment as other criminals.

I listened with shock when she said, in an interview, that releasing Walus meant black life was cheap. Was Hani the only black person ever to be killed by a white person that she finds it difficult to forgive after so many years?

I guess if it were the other way round, and the justice department paroled Hani, she would have said it is done in the spirit of reconciliation.

To claim Walus didn t reveal all the truth, hence he was denied clemency by the Truth and Reconciliation Committee (not a court of law) does not justify the rule by the kangaroo court as the two suggest.

Kodwa, the country is facing economic woes that are partly a result of the ANC government.

Therefore, we need your opinion to be directed at rescuing the economy.

You shouldn t waste energy crying over the release of a man who has paid for his crime.

Kgosietsile Molefi

Ironside, Vereeniging

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