This year, on April 10th, we commemorated the 30th martyrdom anniversary of the assassination of Chris Hani. His life story and death was as intriguing as the
The Constitutional Court on Monday handed down a ruling which effectively saw Walus, the man who killed South African Communist Party (SACP) leader Chris Hani, granted parole.
Remembering Chris Hani 28 years after his assassination
Chris Hani who was assassinated 28 years ago today did not live to see the democratic dispensation emerge in South Africa.
South Africa was thrown into turmoil 28 years ago when struggle icon Chris Hani was assassinated and tens of thousands of citizens took to the streets in mourning and protest.
Hani was assassinated 28 years ago on 10 April 1993 outside his home in Dawnpark, a racially mixed suburb of Boksburg when Polish far-right anti-communist Janusz Waluś shot Hani as he stepped out of his car.
Waluś and Clive Derby-Lewis, a senior South African Conservative Party MP and then Shadow Minister for Economic Affairs, who had loaned Waluś his firearm, were both arrested for Chris Hani’s murder within six months.