Clive Derby Lewis

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Clive Derby-Lewis in Brussels (1990)

Clive John Derby-Lewis (born January 22, 1936 in Cape Town , † November 3, 2016 in Pretoria ) was a South African politician. He was sentenced to death in 1993 for conspiracy to murder and served a life sentence until 2015. Diagnosed with cancer, he was released from prison a year before his death.

Life

Derby Lewis was born in Cape Town. Although English was his mother tongue, he joined the National Party (NP) at an early age , which was characterized by Boer dominance and had legislatively expanded the apartheid system . In 1972 he became a councilor in Bedfordview in what was then the Transvaal province . From 1974 to 1975 he was the city's mayor. From 1972 to 1981 Derby-Lewis was also a member of the Transvaal Provincial Council. In 1982 Derby Lewis was a founding member of the Konserwatiewe Party (KP or CP) under the leadership of Andries Treurnicht .

In 1986 he married the former Australian nun Gabriella Maoverna (Gaye) Derby-Lewis for the second time. In 1987 he lost the election in the Krugersdorp constituency , but was nominated for parliament by the party. He served as an opposition spokesman for business, technology and mining. He attracted attention in the parliamentary discourse through numerous racist remarks and lost his mandate again in 1989.

In 1989 Derby Lewis did not accompany his party leader Treurn on a trip to Europe, where they were received by right-wing conservative groups. In July 1990 Derby-Lewis took part in an anti-communist conference in Brussels .

Derby Lewis was arrested in April 1993 after Polish immigrant Janusz Waluś shot and killed senior ANC and SACP politician Chris Hani . It turned out that he had procured the murder weapon for Waluś and that the act had taken place at the behest of the party leadership (Konserwatiewe Party), which wanted to hinder the reconciliation of the ethnic groups. The then ANC chairman Nelson Mandela vehemently publicly advocated a continuation of the reconciliation process, so that the act had no significant consequences for the transition period. Derby-Lewis was sentenced to death for conspiracy to murder ; the death penalty was commuted to life imprisonment in 1995 with the abolition of execution in South Africa, which Derby-Lewis served in Pretoria Central Prison until shortly before his death.

His wife, Gaye Derby-Lewis, was also imprisoned for several months because lists of potential victims of attacks were found in her possession, but was then released. She worked as an editor and columnist for the weekly newspaper Die Patriot der Konserwatiewe Party.

Derby Lewis' requests for pardon were denied in 1999 and subsequent years, initially by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission . In 2011 Derby Lewis contracted skin and prostate cancer . An application for release was denied in 2011. Another application to be released for health reasons was again rejected in April 2013. In early 2014, a fellow inmate seriously injured Derby-Lewis by stabbing him with a sharp spoon; Waluś also suffered injuries.

In early 2015, the Medical Parole Board filed another motion for release from prison for Derby Lewis' lung cancer . In June 2015, he was finally released from Pretoria Prison under strict conditions and placed under house arrest.

Clive Derby-Lewis succumbed to advanced cancer in early November 2016 during a stay of several weeks in a hospital in Pretoria.

Web links

Commons : Clive Derby-Lewis  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Ed Cropley: Clive Derby-Lewis dies at 80 . Mail & Guardian Online , November 3, 2016, accessed November 4, 2016.
  2. ↑ Edward F. Mickolus, Susan L. Simmons: Terrorism, 1992-1995: A Chronology of Events and A Selectively Annotated Bibliography . Greenwood Press, Westport (Conn.) 1997, here p. 370, ISBN 0-313-30468-8 . online at www.books.google.de
  3. ^ Derby-Lewis to apply for medical parole . News24.com, August 6, 2012, accessed November 3, 2016.
  4. ^ Derby-Lewis denied medical parole . News24.com, August 6, 2012, accessed November 3, 2016.
  5. ↑ Valeska Abreu: Hani killer's stabbing: SACP, Bizos blamed . Article from the Pretoria News on www.iol.co.za, February 28, 2014, accessed November 3, 2016 (English).
  6. ^ A second chance at parole for Derby Lewis. Mail & Guardian , January 27, 2015, accessed November 3, 2016.
  7. ↑ a b Clive Derby-Lewis dies' aged 80 . Times Live , November 3, 2016, accessed November 4, 2016.
  8. ^ Noni Mokati, ANA: Derby Lewis goes from cell to celebration. Article from the Saturday Star on www.iol.co.za, June 6, 2015, accessed November 3, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Derby Lewis, Clive
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Derby Lewis, Clive John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South African politician and prisoner
DATE OF BIRTH January 22, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Cape Town
DATE OF DEATH 3rd November 2016
Place of death Pretoria