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His colorful comments during his trial invariably decreased any sympathy for him, he allegedly said, "Blacks are not human".
His colorful comments during his trial invariably decreased any sympathy for him, he allegedly said, "Blacks are not human".
==Reaction==
The South African government acted quickly to appease the international community, who were angered at the massacre perpetrated by Strydom. The government banned the White Liberation Movement (known by its Afrikaans acronym of BBB) even though the BBB was in no way involved in the killings, nor was Strydom a member or supporter, but it was done to please outsiders and make the world know that the South African government was prepared to act against the right-wing.
==AWB response==
The AWB received relatively little bad publicity, even though Strydom was a very active AWB member, he was awarded a medal by the AWB in 1987 for helping to place a large AWB banner on the Voortrekker Monument.
In the South African Sunday Times, the newspaper with the most readers in the country, Terre'Blanche said that the AWB was not to blame and that Strydom had acted alone.
Even so a large AWB banner was photographed by the press, it was held up in Church Square, Pretoria, during an AWB rally and read "Free Strydom, Hang Mandela".
==Life sentence==
==Life sentence==