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| Zuma calls for calm after Terreblanche murder |
| 2010-04-05 |
| Last thing SA needs right now ... South Africa is on alert for outbreaks of racial violence following the murder of white supremacist leader Eugene Terreblanche. Police maintain the controversial figure was the victim of a pay dispute with workers on his farm, but members of Terreblanche's Afrikaner Resistance Movement (AWB) believe his death was politically motivated. Terreblanche, 69, was found on his bed at his farm in South Africa's North West province. A 21-year-old man and a 15-year-old boy have been arrested and charged with his murder. It appears that in death, as in life, Mr Terreblanche provoked the extremes of South African society. His supporters have declared they will avenge his murder. Andre Visagie, one of Mr Terreblanche's top supporters, expressed the sentiments of many AWB adherents. "The death of Mr Terreblanche is a declaration of war from the black community of South Africa to the white community," he said. Such talk clearly worries president Jacob Zuma, who took the unusual step of addressing the nation about the murder. "I would like to call for calm as I have done earlier to the nation," he said. "It has been shocking news indeed that he has been murdered. This is one of the sad moments for our country that a leader of his standing should be murdered by people. And those who have committed this terrible act must face the law and face the punishment that they deserve." Police minister Nathi Mthethwa would not comment on speculation that Mr Terreblanche's death was politically motivated. "I am not going to be drawn into political discussions. I refuse totally, flatly, to be drawn into political discussions," he said. "We have a case, Mr Terreblanche has been killed. Let's not obstruct police from doing their work." Members of the AWB believe the killing was racially motivated and blame the African National Congress Youth League's leader, Julius Malema, for stirring up hatred towards Afrikaners. Last month Mr Malema sang a song that advocated killing white farmers and included the line: "Kill the Boer." Mr Terreblanche had recently tried to revive his white supremacist organisation. In the 1980s and early 1990s he railed against black majority rule and fought bitterly for the preservation of apartheid. But the end of white minority rule and the birth of a democratic South Africa saw Mr Terreblanche become an irrelevance, until now. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #2 MORE RADICAL ISLAM "TESTING THE BAMMER". Looks like AGIM, AL-SHABAAB, + SOMALI PIRATE BOYZ, etal just got a new land to play with. Ive been wondering how soon before the ISLAMIST JIHAD STRIKES SOUTH AFRICA = MANDELA-LAND, e.g. THIRD-FOURTH QUARTER 2010. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-04-05 18:43 |
| #1 Such talk clearly worries president Jacob Zuma, who took the unusual step of addressing the nation about the murder. So thoughtful of you Jacob, in light of the upcoming World Cup 2010 events, etc. After the Cup, it will be back to the ANC sponsored killing and celebration as usual. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2010-04-05 07:21 |