The Resume

(June 28, 1942-April 10, 1993)
Born in Cofimvaba, South Africa
Birth name was Martin Thembisile Hani
Anti-apartheid activist
Chief of staff of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC)
Became head of the South African Communist Party (1991)
Assassinated outside his home

Why he might be annoying:

He went to the Soviet Union for military training.
As head of the MK, he oversaw a bombing campaign in South Africa that killed over 60 people.
He appealed to militants who felt that Nelson Mandela was too concilatory toward whites.

Why he might not be annoying:

Upon returning from exile, he called for an end of violence against white civilians (1990).
He was the most popular ANC leader after Nelson Mandela.
His assassination by two right-wing extremists galvanized the white government and the ANC into accelerating the negotiations that produced multiracial elections a year later.
He said, 'I want to live in a free South Africa, even if I have to lay down my life for it.'

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• A Hospital is Named in My Honor
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 34]
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [June] (Ranked: 6281942)
• Exiles
• I am South African
• I Died in 1993 (Ranked: 50)
• I Took a Bullet
• I Was Assassinated
• I'm a Communist
• Profiles 30501-30750 (Ranked: 30711)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 17 Votes: 5.88% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 12 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 8 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 28 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 132 Votes: 60.61% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 35 Votes: 62.86% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 13 Votes: 61.54% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 40 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 21 Votes: 52.38% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 18 Votes: 72.22% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 36 Votes: 80.56% Annoying