In this early 1990s interview, Chris Hani reflects on how he received the ANC’s decision to suspend the armed struggle following the unbanning of liberation movements and the release of Nelson Mandela in February 1990. He spoke candidly of the anger and emotion he felt at the time. For Hani, uMkhonto we Sizwe had been a hard-won instrument of pressure against apartheid, built through sacrifice and years of exile, and setting it aside before firm guarantees on social and economic change felt deep