The Transvaal Attorney General announced that Eugène Terre'Blanche, leader of the far-right Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB) and three associates would face terrorism charges. They have been accused of attempting or planning to overthrow the South African government by violent means. These charges emanated from the uncovering of illegal arms caches in different parts of the country, which the authorities established belonged to the AWB, and in particular the four that the Attorney-General believed were the masterminds behind the plot. Terre Blanche and co-accused Petrus Johannes Rudolph applied for and were granted amnesty by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in 1999.
eventREF E-0012524Revised
13 July 1983
Terre’Blanche and his associates to face terrorism charges
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- 30 Sep 2019
How we know this
- 01Kalley, J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, Westport: Greenwood.
- 02Amnesty decision by the truth and reconciliation commission: website.info.gov.za
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
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