Chris Hani

Chris Hani SSA SBS CLS DMG MMS
11th General Secretary of the South African Communist Party
In office 1991–1993
Preceded by	Joe Slovo
Succeeded by	Charles Nqakula
Chief of Staff of Umkhonto we Sizwe
In office 1987–1992
President	Oliver Tambo
Preceded by	Joe Slovo Keith Mokoape (acting)
Succeeded by	Siphiwe Nyanda
Personal details
Born	Martin Thembisile Hani (1942-06-28)28 June 1942 Cofimvaba, Transkei, Union of South Africa (now Cofimvaba, Eastern Cape, South Africa)
Died	10 April 1993(1993-04-10) (aged 50) Dawn Park, Boksburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Manner of death	Assassination
Political party	South African Communist Party
Other political affiliations	African National Congress (Tripartite Alliance)
Spouse	Limpho Hani ​ (m. 1973)​
Children	3
Occupation	Revolutionary politician military veteran anti-apartheid activist
Civilian awards
Nickname	Chris
Military service
Allegiance	Umkhonto We Sizwe
Branch/service	Soviet Union (1963) Zambia (1967)
Years of service	1962–1992
Rank	Commander Political commissar (1967)
Unit	Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army South African National Defence Force
Battles/wars	Rhodesian Bush War
Military awards
Part of a series on Apartheid Events 1948 general election Coloured vote constitutional crisis 1956 Treason Trial Sharpeville massacre Rivonia Trial Soweto uprising Church Street, Pretoria bombing Vaal uprising Trojan Horse Incident Khotso House bombing Cape Town peace march CODESA Assassination of Chris Hani Saint James Church massacre 1994 Bophuthatswana crisis Shell House massacre Organisations ANC APLA IFP AWB BBB Black Sash CCB Conservative Party DP ECC FOSATU PP RP PFP HNP MK PAC UDF Broederbond National Party COSATU Security Branch SACC SADF SAIC SAMA SAP SACP State Security Council People Vernon Berrangé P. W. Botha Steve Biko Mangosuthu Buthelezi F. W. de Klerk Ruth First Bram Fischer Arthur Goldreich Chris Hani Bantu Holomisa Joel Joffe Ahmed Kathrada Albert Luthuli Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Mac Maharaj D. F. Malan Nelson Mandela Govan Mbeki Thabo Mbeki Raymond Mhlaba Benjamin Moloise Albertina Sisulu Walter Sisulu J. G. Strijdom Joe Slovo Robert Sobukwe Helen Suzman Adelaide Tambo Oliver Tambo Eugène Terre'Blanche Desmond Tutu H. F. Verwoerd B. J. Vorster Jacob Zuma Places Bantustan District Six Robben Island Sophiatown South-West Africa Soweto Sun City Vlakplaas Related topics Afrikaner nationalism Apartheid in popular culture Apartheid legislation Cape Qualified Franchise Disinvestment campaign Freedom Charter Internal resistance to apartheid Kairos Document Music in the movement against apartheid Nostalgia for apartheid Project Coast Sullivan Principles Category v t e

Chris Hani (28 June 1942 – 10 April 1993),^[1] born Martin Thembisile Hani SSA, SBS, CLS, DMG, MMS, was the leader of the South African Communist Party and chief of staff of uMkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC). He was a fierce opponent of the apartheid government, 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.^[2]