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Events on Sunday 28 June 1942 1
1942 – 1993Chris Hani (1942-1993)Died 10 April 1993, aged 50Chris Hani was general secretary of the South African Communist Party and a senior leader of the African National Congress's armed wing. He was assassinated outside his home near Johannesburg by a right-wing extremist opposed to the end of apartheid. His killing nearly derailed South Africa's negotiated transition and prompted Nelson Mandela to appeal for calm on national television.