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Unremorseful Waluś opens old wounds

todayJanuary 27, 2025 164

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Political analyst, Professor Sam Koma, says Janusz Walus’ utterances have re-ignited pain for South Africans.

Koma says South Africans have the right to be angry over Walus’ blatant racism, arrogance and attitude of unrepentance.

In an exclusive interview with our sister channel, eNCA, the Polish says if the opportunity to kill Chris Hani would present itself now, he would kill the former SACP leader, again.

He claims that Hani’s assassination was to stop the perceived ‘sell-out’ by former President FW de Klerk, adding that it was not personal but rather political.

His remarks have opened up old wounds and raised the ire of many.

Hani was assassinated by Walusz outside his home in Boksburg in 1993 and his death almost plunged the country into a civil war.

Hani was the secretary-general of the South African Communist Party (SACP) at the time of his death, when the organisation was on the verge of becoming an independent political party.

Walusz, who was released on parole in 2022 after serving almost three decades in prison, was deported to his native country, Poland, last year.

Professor Koma says an inquest into the Hani matter is the only remedy.

The scholar believes that Walus’ utterances are proof that he is hellbent on protecting his handlers.

Cosatu’s first deputy president, Mike Shingange, has labelled Walus as a ‘cold blooded killer’.

Shingange says there’s no way that he acted on his own without any political interference.

Walus told eNCA’s Annika Larsen that the plan to kill Hani was the late Clive Derby-Lewis’ brainchild, who was the founding member of the Conservative Party.

Shingange says Walusz was driven by racism and political motives to try and prevent South Africa from moving forward from apartheid.

“Sadly there are many people like him that we still harbour in the country, they are roaming the streets, they feel the same way as Walusz, that we shouldn’t be where we are today.”

EFF leader, Julius Malema, is among those who have expressed their anger at this, saying even prisoners have failed South Africans, while former EFF MP, Mbuyiseni Ndlozi described Walus’ remarks as deeply hurtful.

 

Written by: Lindiwe Mpanza

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