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Hani: A Life Too Short by Janet Smith & Beauregard Tromp (Jonathan Ball, R310)

Many of us still remember where we were when we heard that Chris Hani had been murdered. It was far more than a family's tragedy; it was a moment that shook South Africa and threatened to derail the already teetering progress towards the country's new life in 1994. As

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