April is Freedom month in South Africa. Apart from being a freedom month, it is also a Heroes’ month. It is this month, apparently, when South Africa commemorates the birth or the death of a particular hero of the country’s struggle for freedom. The heroes range from Chris Hani to Solomon Mahlangu. Chris Hani was a freedom hero who rose to become the Chief of Staff of Umkhonto We Sizwe, the military wing of the African National Congress, the ruling party in South Africa. He later became the General Secretary of the South African Communist Party. He was killed on 6th April 1993.

Solomon ‘Kalushi’Mahlangu, was one of the many young men executed at the gallows in South Africa because of the freedom of South Africa. His story is also narrated through a film called ‘Kalushi’.