 While in trial, Derby-Lewis expressed intentions to engage the country into a ‘race war’ to deconstruct the reconciliation progress gained ahead of the proposed 1994 democratic elections, a time at which negotiations regarding the ending of apartheid were at a climax.During investigations, police uncovered a ‘hit-list’ compiled by Waluś and Derby-Lewis that featured the residential addresses and names of figurehead left-wing political leaders including Joe Slovo and Nelson Mandela.Following the assassination riots broke out in Cape Town, Durban and Port Elizabeth due to the climax of tension between the extreme left and far right.