26 Facts About Clive Derby-Lewis

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Clive John Derby-Lewis 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.

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Clive Derby-Lewis was repeatedly denied parole after he began applying in 2010, after objections from the Hani family.

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Clive Derby-Lewis was released from prison in June 2015 after serving 22 years, due to terminal lung cancer.

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Clive Derby-Lewis died from the disease on 3 November 2016.

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Clive Derby-Lewis, who was born in Cape Town, was a South African with German and Scots ancestry.

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Clive Derby-Lewis grew up in Kimberley and was educated at the then-Christian Brothers' College.

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Clive Derby-Lewis articled as a chartered accountant and worked for both an accounting firm and an oil company; he became an Extraordinary minister of Holy Communion at Blessed Sacrament Church in Johannesburg before he left the Catholic Church in the early 1980s.

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Clive Derby-Lewis later joined the Afrikaanse Protestantse Kerk, notable as a staunch supporter of Apartheid.

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Clive Derby-Lewis was awarded the John Chard Medal for long and meritorious service.

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Clive Derby-Lewis served as the member representing Edenvale, Gauteng, on the Transvaal Provincial Council where he spent several years as the National Party spokesman for Education and Hospital Services.

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Clive Derby-Lewis served on the boards of numerous other bodies including hospitals, primary and high schools, and a school for physically challenged children.

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Clive Derby-Lewis was a founder member of the Conservative Party at the time of its split from the National Party in 1982, due to a softening of the government's apartheid policies of racial segregation.

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Clive Derby-Lewis was a member of the new party's General Council and Parliamentary Caucus until 1993.

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Clive Derby-Lewis served on the Transvaal Party Council, in addition to the council's Information and Financial Committee.

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Clive Derby-Lewis represented the Conservative Party on the Standing Committees of Parliament dealing with the Provincial Affairs of Natal, as well as Trade and Commerce.

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Clive Derby-Lewis was the only member of the Conservative Party Parliamentary Caucus to have served in all four levels of government in South Africa.

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In March 1988, Clive Derby-Lewis was described by opposition leader Harry Schwarz as the "biggest racist in Parliament".

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Clive Derby-Lewis lost his seat after the 1989 election, and was appointed to the State President's Council, an advisory group, where he served as a member of the Economic Affairs and the Amenities Committees.

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Clive Derby-Lewis visited London twice in an official Conservative Party of South Africa delegation, including that of June 1989, which included their leader, Dr Andries Treurnicht and Natal party chief Carl Werth.

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Clive Derby-Lewis had a calling to bring English-speakers to the CP, but his personal style put them off.

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Clive Derby-Lewis had abetted Walus and had aided him by delivering him the gun used in the assassination.

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In October 1993, Clive Derby-Lewis was convicted of conspiracy to murder and sentenced to death for his role in the assassination.

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Clive Derby-Lewis confessed his role in the assassination in his application to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission for amnesty.

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Clive Derby-Lewis said the assassination was encouraged or sanctioned by senior leaders of the Conservative Party.

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Clive Derby-Lewis applied in June 2010 for parole, on the grounds that he was over 70, and was entitled to parole in terms of South African law for having served more than 15 years in prison.

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On three further occasions Clive Derby-Lewis was denied medical parole.