Siphiwe nyanda biography of christopher
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Chris Hani
South African revolutionary and anti-apartheid activist (1942-1993)
For the district in Eastern Cape, see Chris Hani District Municipality. For the settlement in Western Cape, see Chris Hani, Western Cape.
Chris Hani (28 June 1942 – 10 April 1993;[1] born Martin Thembisile HaniSSA, SBS, CLS, DMG, MMS) was a South African military commander, politician and revolutionary who served as the leader of the South African Communist Party (SACP) and chief of staff of uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK), 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]
Early life
[edit]Martin Thembisile Hani was born on 28 June 1942[1] in the Xhosa village in Cofimvaba, Transkei. His father Gilbert Hani was a mine union worker and political activist who left the country to go into exile in 1962 and returned to South Africa in 1991. His mother Mary Hani was a simple person who had never attended school. He was the fifth of six children. He attended Lovedale school in 1957, to fini
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TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION
AMNESTY HEARING
DATE: 1ST DECEMBER 1998
NAME
: JEFFREY THAMSANQA RADEBEAPPLICATION NO
: AM 7170/96MATTER
: ESTABLISHMENT OF SDU'sDAY
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CHAIRPERSON
: Before we start our proceedings, I would just like to introduce the Committee to you. We are all members of the Amnesty Committee of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. On my left is Mr Jonas Sibanyoni. He is an attorney from Pretoria.On my right is Mr Ilan Lax, he is an attorney from Pietermaritzburg, and I am Selwyn Miller, I am a Judge from the Eastern Cape, attached to the Transkei Division of the Court, the Hight Court there.
I would at this stage ask the legal representatives to please place themselves on record.
MR WILLS
: Thank you Mr Chairperson and members of the Committee. My name is John Wills, an attorney from Pietermaritzburg. I am representing Min Radebe, Dr Phillips and Mr Sithole in the proceedings today.CHAIRPERSON
: Thank you Mr Wills.MS THABETE
: I am Ms Thabele Thabete for the TRC, thank you.CHAIRPERSON
: Thank you. The proceedings will be simultaneously interpreted and in order to benefit from the interpretation, you must be