Clive Derby-Lewis | |
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| State President's Council | |
| In office September 1989 – April 1993 | |
| Leader | F. W. De Klerk |
| Member of Parliament for Krugersdorp | |
| In office 1987–1989 | |
| Leader | Andries Treurnicht |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 January 1936 Cape Town, South Africa |
| Died | 3 November 2016 (aged 80) Pretoria, South Africa |
| Political party | Conservative |
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Clive John Derby-Lewis (22 January 1936 – 3 November 2016) was a South African politician, who was involved first in the National Party and then, while serving as a member of parliament, in the Conservative Party. In 1993, he was convicted of conspiracy to murder South African Communist Party leader Chris Hani and sentenced to death, a sentence which was later reduced to life imprisonment. Derby-Lewis was described as a "right-wing extremist" by The Daily Telegraph; and as someone who "even by South African standards ... has acquired over the years a reputation as a rabid racist" by journalist and South Africa commentator John Carlin.[1][2]
He was repeatedly denied parole after he began applying in 2010, after objections from the Hani family. After his parole was declined a number times, his appeal was taken to court where the judge granted him medical parole on 29 May 2015.[3] He was released from prison in June 2015 after serving 22 years, due to terminal lung cancer.[4] He died from the disease on 3 November 2016.[5]
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- ^ [1] Archived 29 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine The Citizen
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- ^ "BREAKING: Clive Derby-Lewis dies". Archived from the original on 4 November 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2016.