On 10 April, Easter Saturday, 1993, South African Communist Party (SACP) leader and chief of staff of uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the African National Congress’s (ANC) armed wing, Chris Hani, was assassinated. Hani was one of the most popular mass leaders of the revolutionary anti-apartheid movement, second only to Nelson Mandela. He was seen by many – especially amongst the black youth – as a radical counterweight to the moderate ANC leaders negotiating with the apartheid regime.

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