10 October & “The free Afrikaner” Journey to the Court of Justice, the Hague...

According to The Mail and Guardian, in The AWB Rides Again, the AWB, got some interesting ideas, among others:

In March last year the phoenix rose from the ashes. AWB leaders said they had been inundated with calls to reactivate the movement.

“The circumstances in the country demanded it. The white man in South Africa is realising that his salvation lies in self-government in territories paid for by his ancestors,” Terre’Blanche says.

On Saturday October 10, Terre’Blanche says, the far right will plot the way forward in South Africa at the Ventersdorp Trimpark. One ideal is to unite 23 right-wing organisations under a single umbrella that can take the fight of “the free Afrikaner” to the International Court of Justice in the Hague.

Last week Terre’Blanche spoke at a right-wing gathering at Vegkop, the monument near Heilbron, which commemorates the battle in 1836 at which 30 Voortrekkers under Hendrik Potgieter defeated the Matabele.

Ventersdorp is the home of The grave with eternal flowers: In the town cemetery is the grave of an Irish soldier, G. Shaw, who fought on the side of the Boers during the South African War. He was court-marshaled by the British authorities and executed by firing squad.

Ventersdorp Trimpark Contact Details: N14X R53X R30X (018) 264 2051
PO Box 15 ZA-2710 Ventersdorp - North west, South Africa, Afrika
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Paul Krugerfees 2009

Geagte Volksgenoot,

Paul Kruger het ‘n baie spesiale verbintenis met Krugersdorp. Nie net is die dorp na hom vernoem nie, maar ook is Oom Paul se monument, die Paardekraalmonument, in Krugersorp.

Sedert 2007 op die 9 Oktober, sit die Paardekraal Verkenners ‘n ampserp op die standbeeld van President Paul Kruger. Dit is ter herdenking van sy verjaarsdag wat op die 10 Oktober geskiet.

Paul Kruger se verbintenis met Paardekraal.

Op 8 Desember 1880, na die verlies van vryheid, roep Paul Kruger die volk byeen te Paardekraal. Tydens hierdie vergadering, besluit die sowat 6000 burgers, dat die tyd aangebreek het om iets daadwerkliks te doe nom hulle vryheid te herstel. Op 'n voorstel van Paul Kruger het die burgers 'n klip stapel gepak op die plek waar die monument vandag staan. Op hierdie stadium is die Paardekraal Gelofte ook afgele.Hierdie vergadering het die slag van Majuba tot gevolg gehad en die herstel van vryheid van die ZAR op 27 Februarie 1881. Van 13 tot 16 Desember 1881, hou 'n dankbare volk 'n reuse fees op die terrein en ook die eerste staatsfees in 1886 is daar gevier.In 1889 is die heer JC Human, wat landros in Krugersdorp was, na President Paul Kruger om toestemming te vra om 'n monument op die terrein te bou. In 1890 besluit die regering om die monument op Paardekraal te bou oor die klipstapel. Die Heer Wierda, was die argitek en die boumeester WY Veitsch het in April 1890 met die bou van die Monument begin en is voltooi in November van 1890.In Desember 1891 is 'n huldigingsfees op Paardekraal gehou, waartydens President Paul Kruger die monument onthul het. Dit was ook die eerste volksfees waar die Gelofte van 1838 weer herdenk is.

‘n Dankbare volk, onthou sy helde.

Sedert 2007 herdenking die Paardekraal Verkenners die geboortedag van President Paul Kruger. Hierdie herdenking het in 2008 ‘n hoogtepunt bereik met ‘n volksfees wat by die Paardekraalmonument gehou is. In 2009 sal daar weereens ‘n volksfees ter herdenking van President Paul Kruger gehou word te Paardekraal. Volksgenote word vriendelik uit genooi na hierdie feestelike dag.

Source: PaardeKraal Verkenners
Note: The Paardekraal 10 Oct event is in Krugersdorp, Gauteng;
The Terre’Blanche 10 Oct event is in Ventersdorp, North West



The AWB rides again

Yolandi Groenewald - Oct 02 2009 07:14

Eugene Terre’Blanche is back in the saddle. In an exclusive interview at his home in Ventersdorp he told the Mail & Guardian:

“The final chapter of the Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB) has not been written. We refuse to give in. In fact, we are just beginning our new journey.”

In its heyday, in the 1980s and 1990s, the AWB was a notorious, and sometimes feared, right-wing group. But by 2003 there was no Klippies and Coke to celebrate their 30th anniversary.

Terre’Blanche was in jail, serving six years for assaulting a black petrol attendant and for the attempted murder of a security guard in 1997. And the AWB was in hibernation, still punch-drunk from a bloody afternoon in Mmabatho when three of its members, attempting to shore up the power of Bophuthatswana supremo Lucas Mangope, were killed. That afternoon all but destroyed the organisation.

“Meisiekind, not many people know this, but the AWB and Mangope had an agreement to help each other, because we had the same i deals of a free republic for our nations,” he says, his face contorted with pain at the memory.

“But we were betrayed and blood flowed. But the blood in the streets of Mmabatho marked the beginning of our new struggle.”

In March last year the phoenix rose from the ashes. AWB leaders said they had been inundated with calls to reactivate the movement.

“The circumstances in the country demanded it. The white man in South Africa is realising that his salvation lies in self-government in territories paid for by his ancestors,” Terre’Blanche says.

He ponders the memorabilia in his study depicting the AWB’s history, including a “thank-you” shield from the University of Pretoria after a debate between him and Frederik van Zyl Slabbert in 1988.

“They did not want to say it, my meisie, but I won the debate that day. You only needed to listen to the students,” he says, reminiscently, passing the shield around.

Glory days, when his oratorical skills were legendary and people trembled at his rhetoric.

Prison has taken the edge off his bluster, but glimpses of his former self still slip through.

On Saturday October 10, Terre’Blanche says, the far right will plot the way forward in South Africa at the Ventersdorp Trimpark. One ideal is to unite 23 right-wing organisations under a single umbrella that can take the fight of “the free Afrikaner” to the International Court of Justice in the Hague.

Last week Terre’Blanche spoke at a right-wing gathering at Vegkop, the monument near Heilbron, which commemorates the battle in 1836 at which 30 Voortrekkers under Hendrik Potgieter defeated the Matabele.

At last week’s event he asked for land “in northern Natal and the Eastern Transvaal” to be returned to the boerevolk and complained that Muslims had been allowed to build mosques on the land the Voortrekkers had traded in the 19th century.

Other speakers at the gathering, which was reportedly poorly attended, spoke about how they could escape the “yoke of black oppression” and asked for intervention from God.

Vegkop is just one of the gatherings Terre’Blanche has addressed in recent years, travelling as far as Mossel Bay to speak to AWB converts.

But he refuses to disclose the movement’s membership. “It is strategic. You do not disclose your spies in a cold war,” he says.

He is also quick to say that, in contrast with the Boeremag, taking up weapons is not part of the plan -- at least not for the foreseeable future.

“For now there are other options we have to exercise first. We have a strong case to take to the United Nations,” he says, citing a long list of deals between the Voortrekkers and “black kings” in the 18th century, including one relating to “Port Natal”.

The AWB leader says his movement will call on its “immense brains trust” to pursue their goal of a republic. “We haven’t decided on the lawyers that will take up our cause. We might even get Johann Kriegler,” he says, grinning.

Terre’Blanche also hopes to organise a referendum for those who want their own republic in South Africa. Those registering to vote will have to be white and have an affiliation with the Afrikaner nation -- and even those of British descent are welcome.

And English will be an accepted language in the new republic. After all, Afrikaners speak both English and Afrikaans, he says, smiling.

“The days of apartheid are over. What must happen now is for every nation to govern itself within its own territory.”

Suddenly, fire sparks in his eyes as the interview turns to crime.

“It’s now about the right of a nation that wants to separate itself from a unity state filled with crime, death, murder, rape, lies and fraud.

“A state with the biggest corruption on this goddamned earth, where a state president sits with hundreds of millions of rand that he is accused of embezzling, and just because he is president he is exempted from prosecution.

“I don’t want to live in such a state,” he says. “Not where you can have six wives [sic], have sex with your HIV-positive niece [sic] and then go and shower it off, and then still become state president. All these things are waiting to explode like a nuclear bomb.”

Terre’Blanche said his “volk” could not bend a knee to a state where more people are killed in peacetime than in all the wars his people had fought. “But we will never run away,” he says. “This is the place [staanplek] of the boerevolk. God brought us here from the different countries with a certain goal. God would not have brought us here if he did not have a plan. And his plan can never be the murder and rape of innocent women and children.”

Crime-fighting has become Terre’Blanche’s pet project since he was released from prison in 2004. He established the Brandwag van die Christen Boerevolk (Guards of the Christian Boer People), a network driven by the AWB that can be mobilised by SMS when other members are in need.

“Everyone in this country has the right to defend himself or herself if he or she is attacked,” he says

And then the bluster is gone, and Terre’Blanche is again gesturing at his AWB memorabilia.

In his office models of horses, AWB swastikas and die Vierkleur offer an eerie glimpse into his past, but it is a portrait of himself at 19 on police service in Namibia that he singles out. In full uniform, he stares into the distance with a heroic air.

“My beginning,” he says, grinning. “You should read the book about my life that will be released in December -- Blouberge van Nimmer (“The Blue Mountains of Long Ago”). He picks up the manuscript and begins to quote from it. Glory days again.

In another corner a huge poster advertising his prison poetry decorates the room, with his blue eyes standing out clearly. The same eyes have a tinge of sadness now.

On the way to the car he points out an exact replica of a Groot Trek wagon that decorates the porch.

“Our forebears had difficult lives,” he says, softly. "They struggled so we could have our own country.”

As a parting gesture, he insists on opening our car doors for us. “Veilig ry, nooientjie,” he says, smiles and slowly walks past the wagon, lifting his hand in a final wave.

Source: Mail & Guardian

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