Second to former president Nelson Mandela, Chris Hani was the most famous and iconic leader of the struggle for liberation in South Africa during the late 1980s.

Tuesday marks the 25th anniversary of the struggle hero's death.

Images of his lifeless body lying in the driveway of his Boksburg home are still etched in the minds of most South Africans. It was expected that his death would plunge the country into a civil war, but the country managed to bring itself back from the precipice.

These are Hani’s own words, from interviews after his return from exile:

"It makes me realise with impatience the need to defeat this regime. I don't mince my words when I am speaking about this regime, I hate it intensely."

"I disagree with a lot of people who think that (former apartheid president) FW de Klerk and others have changed."