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Clive Derby-Lewis dies

Date
3 Nov 2016
Updated
30 Sep 2019
Clive Derby-Lewis dies

On 3 November 2016 Clive Derby -Lewis, the man who was convicted for the murder of former South African Communist party leader Chris Hani, died after suffering  from lung cancer. He died at the age of 80 at Eugene Marais Hospital in Pretoria after he was released on medical parole from Kgosi Mampuru II Correctional Centre in June 2015, after having served 22 years in prison. . Derby-Lewis was convicted for his role in the assassination of Chris Hani in October 1993, having supplied the gun used by Janusz Walus to kill Chris Hani. 

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  1. 01Clive Derby-Lewis dies, 4 November 2016, from Independent Online Newspaper, Url number https://www.iol.co.za/dailynews/news/clive-derby-lewis-dies-2086705 , Date Accessed: 4 November 2016.
  2. 02 News24, Breaking: Clive Derby-Lewis dies, 3 November 2016,Url number   https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/breaking-clive-derby-lewis-dies-20161103 , Date Accessed: 4 November2016.
  3. 03Eyewitness News, Clive Derby- Lewis granted medical parole, Url number https://ewn.co.za/2015/05/29/Clive-Derby-Lewis-granted-medical-parole , Date Accessed: 4 November 2016.

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2016, November 30). Clive Derby-Lewis dies. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0122425

South African History Online (2016) 'Clive Derby-Lewis dies', South African History Online, 30 November. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0122425 (Accessed: 7 August 2026).

South African History Online, Clive Derby-Lewis dies [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0122425, (accessed 7 August 2026).

"Clive Derby-Lewis dies." South African History Online, 30 Nov. 2016, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0122425. Accessed 7 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "Clive Derby-Lewis dies." South African History Online. November 30, 2016. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0122425.

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