Clive Derby-Lewis, who has cancer, was granted medical parole by Judge Selby Baqwa in a court in the South African capital, Pretoria, the justice ministry said.

He was initially sentenced to death, along with his co-defendant Clive Derby-Lewis, but the sentence was commuted to life sentence after South Africa abolished the death penalty.

Clive Derby-Lewis, a former politician who was sentenced together with Walus for the murder, was released on medical parole in 2015 and died from cancer in 2016.

Clive Derby-Lewis and Janus Walus suffered head and hand injuries after they were attacked by an inmate at a Pretoria prison, spokesman Manelisi Wolela said in a statement.

Walus denied this, saying he never met with anyone from the ANC, National Party or security forces before the shooting. He added that the only person he was in contact with was Clive Derby-Lewis ...

Clive Derby-Lewis, a former politician who was sentenced together with Walus for the murder, was released on medical parole in 2015 and died from cancer in 2016. The two were initially sentenced ...

File photos of Clive Derby-Lewis (L) and Janusz Walus, the killers of South African Communist Party leader Chris Hani. Derby-Lewis and Walus are shown in this combo photo attending the Truth ...

Clive Derby-Lewis, a former politician who was sentenced together with Walus for the murder, was released on medical parole in 2015 and died from cancer in 2016.