SACP general secretary Blade Nzimande speaks at the commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the assassination of Chris Hani.

Wreath laying ceremony concludes

An MMC now saying the minister Nathi Mthethwa will be made the keynote speaker. It all just smacks of disrespect, wondering what the SACP makes of all of this, where they aren't even allowed to deliver a keynote address at the commemoration of their own leader's murder?! https://t.co/hQ9nQX3vbj
— Matshidiso Madia (@tshidi_lee) April 10, 2018

Nelson Mandela leads then Umkhonto we Sizwe chief of staff Chris Hani to face the media at the Mandela home in Orlando West in 1990. Hani said MK would continue to recruit cadres. (Linden Birns, Gallo Images, Business Day, file)

#ChrisHani quick tour of the Hani memorial before the official programme kicks off @TeamNews24
— Matshidiso Madia (@tshidi_lee) April 10, 2018

#ChrisHani not that I am picking on the ANC SG but he's not here?! though on the programme it says he's the keynote speaker at this SACP event.
— Matshidiso Madia (@tshidi_lee) April 10, 2018

#ChrisHani leaders from the region & tripartite alliance with the Hani family @TeamNews24 pic.twitter.com/KgjUyojgqu
— Matshidiso Madia (@tshidi_lee) April 10, 2018

The assassination of #ChrisHani is one of my first political memories. I remember the tension, a whole country feeling like it was holding its breath, even if I was too young to understand why. #ChrisHani25
— lisa van wyk (@swimlittlefish) April 10, 2018

#ChrisHani so strange Ace Magashule is to deliver the keynote address at this SACP event. Someone from the communist party said this was at the insistence of the Ekurhuleni mayor @TeamNews24
— Matshidiso Madia (@tshidi_lee) April 10, 2018

Today marks the 25 anniversary of the assassination of #ChrisHani. Today we pay tribute to the hero he was. pic.twitter.com/H39kjkeEnc
— South African Government (@GovernmentZA) April 10, 2018

"It makes me realise with impatience the need to defeat this regime. I don't mince my words when I am speaking about this regime, I hate it intensely."

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#ChrisHani Walus is still in jail after the Justice minister opted not to take on a recommendation from the parole board that he be released. Michael Masutha argued that he had not shown remorse. Derby Lewis was released on medical parole in 2015 & died in 2016 @TeamNews24
— Matshidiso Madia (@tshidi_lee) April 10, 2018

#ChrisHani The day's programme @TeamNews24 pic.twitter.com/ITtR4f7ioE
— Matshidiso Madia (@tshidi_lee) April 10, 2018

#ChrisHani his wife Mme Dimpho Hani is already here @TeamNews24 pic.twitter.com/4ipstYn8C4
— Matshidiso Madia (@tshidi_lee) April 10, 2018

#ChrisHani although Janusz Walus & Clive Derby-Lewis were convicted for Hani's murder his family & the SACP believe there is more to the story. The party has been demanding that an inquest into the murder be opened @TeamNews24
— Matshidiso Madia (@tshidi_lee) April 10, 2018

Today marks 25 years since SACP leader & struggle hero #ChrisHani was assassinated. The liberation movement & his family will gather where he's laid to rest to commemorate a day that shook South Africa @TeamNews24
— Matshidiso Madia (@tshidi_lee) April 10, 2018

Hani's house nominated as a provincial heritage site

Ahead of the 25th anniversary of struggle hero Chris Hani’s death next week, the City of Ekurhuleni has scheduled a month full of activities to celebrate his life.

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