The Springs Art Gallery will host The Chris Hani Photographic Exhibition depicting the life of Chris Hani, from April 21.
The exhibition will run until May 21 and will be open from 9am to 4.30pm on Mondays to Fridays, and from 8am until midday on Saturdays.
The exhibition forms part of the month-long activities planned by the City of Ekurhuleni to celebrate the life of Chris Hani.
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The city conferred the Freedom of the City to Chris Hani posthumously in November 2006 and declared April, the month in which he died, the Chris Hani Month.
Chris Hani’s grave, as well as his memorial and walk of remembrance sites, were declared national heritage sites by the South African National Heritage Agency.
This year the City of Ekurhuleni’s Heritage Services submitted nominations to the Provincial Heritage Resources Authority – Gauteng (PHRA-G) for Chris Hani’s house, which is situated at 2 Hakea Street Dawn Park, Boksburg, to be declared a national heritage Site.
Ekurhuleni’s MMC for community services Clr Dora Mlambo says, “The declaration of the house as a national heritage site will enhance the preservation, protection and promotion of Chris Hani’s legacy, history and his contribution to the liberation struggle.”
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On April 10, the city will convene a wreath-laying ceremony which will be attended by government leaders, other political leaders, the community and the Hani family at the Thomas Nkobi Memorial Park in Boksburg, where Hani’s grave, as well as his memorial and walk of remembrance sites, are situated.
This will be followed by a memorial lecture on Chris Hani’s life and times at the Boksburg Civic Centre on the same day.
Furthermore, 100 primary and secondary school learners from Ekurhuleni and the Chris Hani district municipality in the Eastern Cape province will, on April 14, present and debate issues that led to the Codesa negotiations.
The learners will thereafter hand over their declarations to the executive mayor of Ekurhuleni, Clr Mzwandile Masina, on April 16, at the Alberton Civic Centre.
