Hani would not be proud of us
THE assassination of Thembisile “Chris” Hani in 1993 provided a clearly unanticipated tempo of acceleration badly needed then.
If his assassination was intended to derail the negotiations process he was keenly participating in, then, for profound political change to take place, it failed dismally.
Instead, it thrust Nelson Mandela into a decisive leadership role, with FW de Klerk marginalised, before his formal election, to calm the country against the right-wing malcontents who killed Hani.
The country, he asserted, must create an environment
