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arms trial
Terre'Blanche was born in the Western Transvaal town of Ventersdorp in 1941, reportedly to a conservative, Calvinist Afrikaner family. His father was a Lieutenant-Colonel in the South African Defense Force and his grandfather a General in the [[Anglo-Boer War|Boer War]].
Terre'Blanche was born in the Western Transvaal town of Ventersdorp in 1941, reportedly to a conservative, Calvinist Afrikaner family. His father was a Lieutenant-Colonel in the South African Defense Force and his grandfather a General in the [[Anglo-Boer War|Boer War]].
Terre'Blanche excelled at school and was Chairman of a debating societ whilst at school in Ventersdorp, he also acheived well in sports. He was captain of his school's first rugby team.
Terre'Blanche excelled at school and was Chairman of a debating societ whilst at school in Ventersdorp, he also acheived well in sports. He was captain of his school's first rugby team. He also founded a cultural organisation whilst at school
From 1985 until 2004 Terre'Blanche, in addition to his political and commercial responsibilities, ran his family's farm in Ventersdorp, which he, in 1985, inherited from his father.
From 1985 until 2004 Terre'Blanche, in addition to his political and commercial responsibilities, ran his family's farm in Ventersdorp, which he, in 1985, inherited from his father.
Terre'Blanche received a 600 Rand fine or 300 days imprisonment, he paid the fine. An additional 9 men were also punished for assault (ie tarring and feathering) and libel (known as crimen injuria in South African law), as well as two counts of damage to property (relating to the clothes of Van Jaarsveld and the carpet of the University of South Africa).
Terre'Blanche received a 600 Rand fine or 300 days imprisonment, he paid the fine. An additional 9 men were also punished for assault (ie tarring and feathering) and libel (known as crimen injuria in South African law), as well as two counts of damage to property (relating to the clothes of Van Jaarsveld and the carpet of the University of South Africa).
==Arms trial==
On December 11th 1982 Terre'Blanche and 8 other AWB members were arrested by the Security Branch of the South African Police and held under the terms of the Internal Security Act (section 27 of the Act allowed for the indefinite detention without trial and was most often used for ANC operatives). A police press statement was issued saying that arms, ammunition and explosives had been confiscated.
Several automatic firearms, hidden in waterproof containers and buried in maize fields, were recovered when the police used metal detectors and ploughed maize fields which they suspected had been used for the purposes of hiding illegal firearms.
Two of the original eight detainees were released, but Terre'Blanche and five others appeared, on December 24th 1982, at Pretoria Regional Court, charged under the Arms and Ammunition Act for illegal possession of weapons and explosives. The six men were granted bail of 1000 Rand each and released on January 21 1983.
The trial was postponed until March 24 1983, when the 6 men all plead not guilty to the following charges:
1.Possession of four AK-47 rifles and associated parts and possession of 17 R1 rifle magazines
2.Possession of a Makarov pistol
3.Possession of ammunition for the Marakov pistol
4.Possession of explosives (including one smoke grenade and a large quantity of tetriel explosive)
5.Possession of three tear gas cannisters
On July 11 1983 the trial was held, Major Nel of the Security Branch of the police testified that trunks containing AK-47 parts, camoflage uniforms (illegal for private possesion in [[Apartheid]] South Africa) and ammunition on a farm belonging to Eugene Terre'Blanche's brother, Andries Terre'Blanche.
On November 4 1983 the Judge passed sentence on the men, all of whom were convicted. Terre'Blanche was sentenced to two years imprisonment, suspended for five years. The other men received sentences of three years and four years, all of the custodial sentences were suspended for five years.
The presiding Judge, Mr Van Dyck, remarked that the "community does not expect that such civilized, proper people as the accused be sent for a prison term".
In an earlier trial, also relating to illegal possession of arms and ammunition, Terre'Blanche and another man (who was already serving 15 years on yet another arms and ammunition conviction) were found guilty.
Magistrate E.D. Wythe, of Klerksdorp Regional Court, sentenced Terre'Blanche to 1 year's imprisonment for illegal possession of an AK-47 and to six months imprisonment for possession of 362 rounds of ammunition, both sentences were suspended for five years.
In addition Terre'Blanche was fined 300 Rand for possession of a Gecado .22 revolver.
==1980s==
==1980s==