Walus stabbed in prison

CORRECTIONAL Services confirmed that Chris Hani’s Polish killer Janusz Walus was stabbed late yesterday afternoon in the Kgosi Mampuru Prison.

The department said he was stabbed by a fellow inmate who was incarcerated in the same section as he was.

He was taken to the prison hospital and the department said it would provide more details later.

It is understood that he was stabbed by an inmate who was also serving a life imprisonment sentence – hardly a week after the Constitutional Court ordered his release on parole.

It is not known when exactly he would be released, but the Concourt said this should be within 10 days of its judgment.

His hopes to return to Poland after his release were dashed this week, when Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi announced that he had granted an exemption for Walus to remain in the country and to serve his parole here.

In a statement on Monday, the minister said the exemption contained a condition that Walus should not use any travel document and/or passport issued by the Embassy of the Republic of Poland to return to the country of his origin.

The minister granted Walus an exemption in terms of the Immigration Act which affords Walus permanent residence for the parole period and subsequent parole conditions, which are yet to be announced by the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services, Ronald Lamola.

According to the statement, a letter was addressed to Walus and a certificate of exemption was forwarded to Lamola. The letter set out the exceptional circumstances requiring the granting of the exemption, which included that it would be in the interests of justice Walus serves his sentence to the fullest, including his parole, in SA. It further said that Motsoaledi noted the media speculation that Walus would serve his parole period in Poland. “In light of the exemption … this speculation cannot be correct. Home Affairs would not be involved in any deportation process of Walus to Poland,” its communications head Bongi Gwala. said.