University of Fort Hare Book Launch: Who Really Killed Chris Hani? (author Chris Nicholson)
Christopher Allsobrook
Title: Who Really Killed Chris Hani?
DATE: 17 March 2026
TIME: 13:00 – 14:00 SAST
ONLINE: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/37864511383341?p=464UnquJfpiS763N3L
Abstract:
This is an explosive account of the real masterminds behind the murder of Chris Thembisile Hani in April 1993. Retired High Court Judge Chris Nicholson meticulously challenges the narrative that Janusz Walus, acting in concert with Clive Derby-Lewis committed the murder without outside assistance. Nicholson investigates a complex conspiracy among the ‘enemies of change’ who contributed to Hani’s murder. His foes in the intelligence world are probed, including the South African Institute for Maritime Research, Military Intelligence, National Intelligence and MI6, as are the captains of industry in South Africa’s industry, including Anglo American and De Beers, with their vast accumulated wealth, who feared his commitment to the socialist aims of the Freedom Charter, the prosecution of apartheid war crimes, and his opposition to the Arms Deal. Finally, the spotlight is shone on Hani’s rivals and enemies within the ANC, including Thabo Mbeki and Joe Modise.
Bio:
Chris Nicholson was born in 1945 on a farm near Richmond, Natal, and was educated at Michaelhouse and at the University of Natal where he read law. He is a cousin of the brothers Peter and Graeme Pollock who played Test cricket for South Africa and of the writer Alan Paton. He practised as a human rights lawyer, assisting victims of apartheid, before majority rule in 1994. His efforts were recognized with two awards, and he was appointed a high court judge in 1995. He retired in 2010 to pursue his writing career. He has published six books. The first two were nominated for the Alan Paton prize for non-fiction.
DATE: 17 March 2026
TIME: 13:00 – 14:00 SAST
ONLINE: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/37864511383341?p=464UnquJfpiS763N3L