APARTHEID ROADTRIP
Terre'Blanche's supporters have said that the murder is part of a larger
pattern of anti-white "farm murders" in South Africa
The AWB retracted earlier calls to avenge the murder
as Zuma appealed for peace
The two suspects appeared in court in Ventersdorp on 6 April 2010
amid racially charged scenes and were charged with murder, robbery
and for injuring the dignity of ET
by leaving his pants pulled down after killing him
Thousands attended ET’s funeral held at noon on 9 April 2010
at Ventersdorp Protestant Church
The murder took place amid a racial controversy in South Africa involving
the singing of which includes the lyrics “shoot the boer” ("Dubul' ibhunu")
Speculation that ET had sexually
harassed one or both of the accused was raised by some publications
ET was murdered on his farm villana ,
just outside Ventersdorp, on 3 April 2010. He was reportedly beaten to death while napping
With pipes and
panga (machetes),
by two black males (then aged 28 & 15) allegedly over a wage dispute
ET spent three years in prison for assaulting a black petrol station worker
and for the attempted murder of a black security guard in 1996
Following the end of apartheid ET & his supporters sought amnesty
for the storming of the World Trade Centre,
“the battle of Ventersdorp”, & other acts
Including threatening civil war to maintain white rule in SA in the 1980’s & 1990’s.
Amnesty was granted by the Truth & Reconciliation Commission South Africa
Transition to post apartheid democracy,
saw ET revising his stances as he urged his followers to push for an independent Afrikaner homeland, “Boerevolkstaat�
ET labelled in his lifetime
“white supremacist”, “nationalist”, and “racist”
Terre’Blanche loved by many
Hated by many more
Let us each take responsibility
for the part we’ve played in Apartheid