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==Comment following Pietersburg fight==
 
==Comment following Pietersburg fight==
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On April 22 1986 a National Party meeting to be addressed by then Minister of Foreign Affairs Roelof "Pik" Botha in the Transvaal town of Pietersburg (renamed Polokwane under the ANC government) was disrupted by 5,000 White rightwingers (including the [[AWB]]) Desmond Tutu expressed glee at the violence.
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On April 22 1986 a National Party meeting to be addressed by then Minister of Foreign Affairs Roelof "Pik" Botha in the Transvaal town of Pietersburg (now Polokwane) was disrupted by 5,000 White rightwingers (including the [[AWB]]). In response, Tutu was reported to have said "if they [apartheid supporters] can turn on each other now, that means our battles are going to be less horrendous".
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He said, "If they (Whites) can turn on each other now, that means our battles are going to be less horrendous".
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This also signified that he was preparing to engage in battles with Whites. Which could be seen as shattering the myth that he was a peaceful man.
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==Sources==
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*Victory or Violence:Story of the AWB of South Africa by Arthur Kemp (2nd edition. March 2008)
       
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