1942
Chris Hani, South African politician (died 1993)
Chris Hani, South African politician (died 1993)
Chris Hani, South African politician (died 1993)
Chris Hani
South African revolutionary and anti-apartheid activist (1942–1993)
- Born
- 1942
Chris Hani was a South African military commander, politician and revolutionary. He served as the leader of the South African Communist Party (SACP) and chief of staff of uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the former armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC). He was a fierce opponent of apartheid, and was assassinated by Janusz Waluś, a Polish immigrant and sympathiser of the Conservative opposition on 10 April 1993, during the unrest preceding the transition to democracy.