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Link to article in The Telegraph
Until recently (March 2008) the AWB had largely collapsed following the advent of ANC rule in South Africa, with a dwindling membership and with 30 AWB members jailed for organising and executing the pre-election bombing campaign.
Until recently (March 2008) the AWB had largely collapsed following the advent of ANC rule in South Africa, with a dwindling membership and with 30 AWB members jailed for organising and executing the pre-election bombing campaign.
In 1997 AWB leader Eugene Terre’Blanche was tried for allegedly assaulting a gas station attendant in 1996 and for allegedly pistol whipping a disobedient employee of his farm. The AWB has dismissed the allegations as part of a left-wing conspiracy against the AWB, however in 2000 Eugene Terre’Blanche was sentenced to 7 years imprisonment for one count of assault and one count of attempted murder.
In 1997 AWB leader Eugene Terre’Blanche was tried for allegedly assaulting a gas station attendant in 1996 and for allegedly pistol whipping a disobedient employee of his farm. The AWB has dismissed the allegations as part of a left-wing conspiracy against the AWB, however in 2000 Eugene Terre’Blanche was sentenced to 7 years imprisonment for one count of assault and one count of attempted murder.
Terre’Blanche was paroled on June 11th 2004. During his prison stay his impoverished wife and daughter were forced to sell his family farm (inherited from his father in 1985) in Ventersdorp.
Terre’Blanche was paroled on June 11th 2004. During his prison stay his impoverished wife and daughter were forced to sell his family farm (inherited from his father in 1985) in Ventersdorp.
However in light of the genocide of White farmers in South Africa (with 2950 murdered since 1991) the AWB, responding to pleas from a desperate White South African public, has been re-activated and is now holding meetings the length and bredth of South Africa (with two meetings attracting 500 visitors).
However in light of the genocide of White farmers in South Africa (with 2950 murdered since 1991) the AWB, responding to pleas from a desperate White South African public, has been re-activated and is now holding meetings the length and bredth of South Africa (with two meetings attracting 500 visitors).[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/southafrica/2059457/South-Africa-AWB-leader-Terre'Blanche-rallys-Boers-again.html]
==Flag controversy==
==Flag controversy==