The Hani family and the SACP leadership will be laying wreaths at Chris Hani's tomb to commemorate his death on this day 29 years ago.
“Consequently, there has been no closure for the Hani family, the SACP and all democratic motive forces that waged the struggle for democracy and social emancipation in South Africa, who want full disclosure of the truth and the circumstances surrounding the assassination. “Now is the time to rebuild the ANC as a movement of selfless cadres solely committed to the freedom of the South African people from want and hunger.” “Now is the time to intensify the struggle for the free, just and equal society to which he dedicated his life and for which he died.”
The assassination of Chris Hani is a “gaping wound that is still bleeding” and 29 years later there is still no disclosure on the truth.
That is the power of messaging,” he said. Consequently, there has been no closure for the Hani family, the SACP and all democratic motive forces that waged the struggle for democracy and social emancipation in South Africa, who want full disclosure of the truth and the circumstances surrounding the assassination. They live on and Chris [Hani] must communicate with us and help us overcome our weaknesses,” Mantashe said.
File Image | General-Secretary Dr Blade Nzimande addresses an audience. South African Communist Party (SACP) leader Blade Nzimande will deliver a keynote ...
by who was it conveyed to its final destination where it was used by Janus Walus to steal the life of Chris Hani in cold blood when he assassinated him working with his co-conspirator Clive Derby-Lewis.” SACP Central Committee member for communication and media relations, Dr Alex Mashilo says, “To this day, it is not known who took the murder weapon for them from the military armoury and whose hand…. Today marks 29-years since Hani was murdered by Polish immigrant Janus Walus outside his home in Dawn park in Boksburg. Walus and Clive Derby-Lewis were sentenced to life imprisonment for Hani’s murder.
Hani's home has been converted into a museum but it is not yet open to the public.
Waluś fled the scene but was soon arrested. He was seen leaving the crime scene by a woman driving past and a neighbour of Hani’s also witnessed the crime and later identified Waluś and the vehicle he was driving. The executive mayor of Ekurhuleni Tania Campbell was among the many dignitaries who supported the family of Chris Hani at a wreath-laying in commemoration of the 29th anniversay of the SA Communist Party leader’s death, at the Thomas Nkobi Memorial Park, in Elsburg, today.
Sunday marks 29-years since Chris Hani was murdered by Polish immigrant Janusz Walus outside his home in Dawn Park in Boksburg.
Hani was assassinated outside his Dawn park home in Boksburg, east of Johannesburg, on the 10th of April 1993. 29th Annual commemoration of the death of SACP ...
And reflect honestly and correct what needs to be corrected. When you engage you don’t extract ideas, you seek to destroy the next person and win the argument,” adds Mantashe. In his honour we need to be fighting divisions and factions,” says Radebe. “The rights of workers to be protected in the workplace. ANC heavyweight, Jeff Radebe says the current democratic dispensation owes its existence to the struggle waged by Hani and other freedom fighters. Corruption, ego, arrogance, and self-enrichment are some of the biggest enemies facing the liberation movement today.
Radebe said "political charlatans" aspired to the highest office in order to amass illegal wealth, adding that unscrupulous officials misappropriated funds ...
Hani was assassinated outside his Dawn park home in Boksburg, east of Johannesburg, on the 10th of April 1993. 29th Annual commemoration of the death of SACP ...
And reflect honestly and correct what needs to be corrected. When you engage you don’t extract ideas, you seek to destroy the next person and win the argument,” adds Mantashe. In his honour we need to be fighting divisions and factions,” says Radebe. “The rights of workers to be protected in the workplace. ANC heavyweight, Jeff Radebe says the current democratic dispensation owes its existence to the struggle waged by Hani and other freedom fighters. Corruption, ego, arrogance, and self-enrichment are some of the biggest enemies facing the liberation movement today.
The ANC, SACP and Cosatu have all called for self-introspection and unity within the tripartite as a way to honour the life of Chris Hani.
What we are seeing is the whirlwind that we are harvesting, and we must attend to it. The biggest enemy of our revolution is money and corruption today. “We are called upon to own up and not blame somebody else for the mistakes we committed.
The SACP led a wreath-laying ceremony on Sunday for its leader exactly 29 years since his assassination.
“It’s a sensible stance to say let there be negotiations and we must not continue being bullied here. The SACP led a wreath-laying ceremony on Sunday for its leader exactly 29 years since his assassination. The SACP led a wreath-laying ceremony on Sunday for its leader exactly 29 years since his assassination.