Chris Hani

Brutally assassinated a year before South Africa's first democratic, nonracial elections, Chris Hani was expected to be Mandela's successor. From humble origins, Hani studied classics at university and later played a key role in the ANC's guerrilla movement. Contributors include Govan Mbeki, Fr. Michael Lapsley, Jeremy Cronin and others. Tembisile "Chris" Hani was born in the Transkei in 1942 to poor, illiterate, Christian parents. An exceptionally bright student, he initially planned to become a priest but soon joined the ANC's guerrilla movement. He became general secretary of the South African Communist Party in 1991 and was assassinated in April 1993. Thenjiwe Mtintso fought alongside Chris Hani in the ANC's guerrilla movement in southern Africa. She was elected to South Africa's post-apartheid parliament and is now ambassador to Cuba.Shnookal, Deborah is the author of 'Chris Hani' with ISBN 9781876175580 and ISBN 1876175583.