The Afrikaners demand 'whites only' land

Outside the magistrates court in Ventersdorp, a one-horse town in rural north South Africa, stood a small stand decked out in the blue, white and orange colours of the country's apartheid-era flag

It is here two black men were accused of murdering Eugene Terre'Blanche, the leader of South Africa's far-right Afrikaner Resistance Movement,.

The people manning it, from another Afrikaner outfit with similar views to Terre'Blanche's, were collecting registration forms for an all-white election next year. Once an assembly has been chosen, it will ask the country's government to give them a separate homeland for the volk, descendants of the mainly Dutch pioneers who trekked north from the British-run Cape Colony in the early 19th century.

Editor's Comment
Prosecutors deserve better

These legal professionals, who are entrusted with upholding the rule of law, face numerous challenges that compromise their ability to effectively carry out their duties.Elsewhere in this edition, we carry a story on the lamentations of the officers of court.The prosecutors have raised a number of concerns, calling for urgent attention from all relevant stakeholders, including the President, Minister of Justice and the Attorney General. Their...

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