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Hani murder 'a right-wing plot'
12/07/2006 15:34 - (SA)
Johannesburg - The South African Communist Party (SACP) is adamant that information exists to justify reopening the Chris Hani murder case, it said on Wednesday.
"It is not so much a question of new information, but old information that we believe was never adequately followed up," said spokesperson Malesela Moleka.
The NPA said on Tuesday the Hani murder case would not be reopened.
The SACP believed there were others involved in the plot to assassinate the party's General Secretary Thembisile Chris Hani in 1993, apart from the two people convicted.
"We believe that the circumstances under which the gun that killed comrade Hani reached Clive Derby Lewis needs to be investigated, because it is an established fact that the gun was one of the weapons stolen by the [right-wing organisation] Orde Boerevolk from the South African Air Force armoury."
A number of clues
Moleka said a farm at which the gun was tested before Hani's assassination belonged to the brother of Lewis' fellow convict, Janus Waluz - who had ties within the "apartheid military establishment".
"The SACP remains firmly convinced that there was a broader right-wing plot in the assassination of comrade Hani."
The SACP has also called on the NPA to approach former investigators of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), led by Advocate Dumisa Ntsebenza, for clues on the matter.
"The amnesty application by Lewis and Waluz was rejected by the TRC for not having spoken the whole truth," he said.
"We therefore urge the NPA to approach former TRC investigators because we believe a number of clues will emerge from that investigation."
Moleka said Hani's murder was one of the outstanding TRC matters and deserved to be put to rest.
"As the SACP we are asking for a reinvestigation, not as some kind of vengeance, but to ensure that such dastardly acts never ever take place in our country again, and for all concerned, including the family, to be satisfied that all has been done to get to the bottom of the truth."
- SAPA
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