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Being Chris Hani's Daughter

When Chris Hani was assassinated in his driveway in April 1993, he left a shocked and grieving South Africa, teetering on the precipice of civil war. But to 12-year-old Lindiwe Hani, it was the love of her life, her daddy, who had been brutally ripped from her world. While the nation continued to revere her father’s legacy, for Lindiwe, being Chris Hani’s daughter became an increasingly heavy burden to bear, propelling her into a downward spiral of cocaine and alcohol addiction in a desperate attempt to avoid the pain of his brutal parting.

In this intimate and revealing memoir, Lindiwe faces her demons, not just those that haunted her through her addiction but, with the courage that comes with sobriety, she comes face-to-face with her father’s two killers. The book reveals the private meetings she had with both Clive Derby-Lewis before he succumbed to cancer in November 2016, and Janusz Walus, who is still serving a life sentence for her father’s assassination. It also includes extracts of the last interview with Chris Hani by historian Luli Callinicos.

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 256
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9781920601812
  • Release date
  • 2017