Sixteen years after the end of white minority rule in South Africa, the court appearance of two young men accused of the murder of white supremacist Eugene Terreblanche has highlighted the level of racial intolerance and hatred still felt by many South Africans – black and white.
Outside court in Ventersdorp, North West province, hundreds of white farmers, many dressed in camouflage, staged a protest, with many saying Terreblanche’s killing was the last straw and vowing to “protect” themselves at all costs.
“The gun was loaded, it has been so for years, but the trigger has now been pulled. South Africa is not safe at the moment,” said Shaun Labuschagne, an Afrikaner who had travelled from Johannesburg for the court hearing.
“For the past seven years, our people have been wiped out. We are here to plan our next move,” he says to me before walking off.
He is referring to the fact that some 3,000 white farmers have been killed since the end of apartheid.
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