Thirty years after the assassination of anti-apartheid leader Chris Hani, many South Africans are still mourning.
On Monday (April 10) the nation honored the activist. At a memorial service, his widow Limfo Hani said there had been “no closure”.
The South African Communist Party, a long-time ally of the ruling African National Congress in the fight against apartheid, has called for a new probe into the killing with a petition it hopes will collect 30,000 signatures.
On April 10, 1993, at the age of 50, Hani was shot dead in the driveway of his home in Johannesburg.
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The very popular leader of the SACP at the time was shot by Janusz Walus in front of his daughter.
Walus and his partner Clive Derby-Lewis hoped to provoke civil unrest. 1993 was indeed a pivotal year as negotiations to end apartheid entered their final stages.
Janusz Walus, convicted of the October 1993 murder, cited political and anti-communist motives for killing Hani.
Three decades later, many South Africans are asking questions about the murder, suspecting the convict did not act alone.
Walus’ parole last December was not without controversy.
