Press Alert: Commemoration of the 33rd anniversary of the assassination of Chris Hani

[SACP Communications]

South African Communist Party

Press Alert

Commemoration of the 33rd anniversary of the assassination of Chris Hani

Tuesday, 7 April 2026:- The South African Communist Party (SACP) invites the media to attend and cover the commemoration of the 33rd anniversary of the assassination of Chris Hani.

At the time of his assassination on 10 April 1993, Hani was the General Secretary of the SACP and a member of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress. He had led the joint SACP and ANC military wing, uMkhonto weSizwe with outstanding dedication as its Chief of Staff and in various capacities going back to the 1960s in the course of the struggle against apartheid, the struggle for liberation and complete social emancipation.

The commemoration will be held as follows: 

1.          Wreath laying at the grave site

Date: Wednesday 8 April 2026

Time: 10h00

Venue: Thomas Nkobi Memorial Park, Boksburg, Gauteng.

2.          Main 33rd Anniversary Commemoration

Date: Friday 10 April 2026

Time: 10h00

Venue: Kwaggafontein Community Hall, Ephraim Mogale District next to Thembisile Local Municipality, Mpumalanga Province

Speakers:    SACP General Secretary, Solly Mapaila, will deliver the keynote address on  behalf of the Party.

The event will also receive messages from the Hani family, Alliance components and the Young Communist League of South Africa.