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The gravesite at the Germiston Cemetery where Hani's mortal remains are buried was declared a national heritage site in 2017.

JOHANNESBURG - The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) President Zingiswa Losi said while a lot had been achieved since the dawn of democracy, questions needed to be raised on whether the African National Congress (ANC)-led government had realised Chris Hani's dream of socialism.

Losi was speaking at the 30th anniversary of Hani's death in Boksburg on Monday afternoon.

She said those in positions of power must introspect on whether they had neglected the poor and marginalised.

Hani, who was shot and killed at his Boksburg home on this day in 1993, was an advocate for an equal, non-racial South Africa that would prioritise the needs of the poor.

Losi said the tripartite alliance - comprising the ANC, Cosatu and the South African Communist Party - should continue on the same path.

She wondered: "In just over two weeks, we will have achieved 29 years of our liberation. The question is: have we honoured the vision of socialism and justice that comrade Chris set for ourselves? Have we fully utilised levers of state power handed to us by the people, or have we become distracted by the trappings of power?"

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Cosatu asks: has the ANC realised Chris Hani's dream of a socialist state? - EWN