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Terre'Blanche 'apie' comment taken to rights commission

A complaint to the Human Rights Commission has been lodged against AWB leader Eugene Terre'Blanche for a comment he made in Pretoria over the weekend.

The deluded ideologue

Slain AWB leader Eugene Terre'Blanche, whose funeral took place in Ventersdorp on Friday, was a highly divisive figure.

Anatomy of a farm murder

The picture is far from clear: the political and racial sensitivities that swirl around farm attacks in SA appear just as likely to blind scientists.

Farm workers ignored

Cosatu has expressed outrage that the death of Terre'Blanche has received so much attention while the treatment of farm workers is largely ignored.

The brandy and coke approach

Despite sporadic talk of Eugene Terre'Blanche's murder triggering a civil war, analysts say the AWB is too weak to pose a significant national threat.

Dancing on his grave

In Tshing, outside Ventersdorp, a Soweto football derby encounter generates more excitement than the news of Eugene Terre'Blanche's demise.

My ET encounter

In June 1994, soon after the first democratic elections, I drove from Botswana to Johannesburg, through Ventersdorp, writes Babusi Sibanda.

Getting shirty

In recent times, and most visibly since the murder of AWB leader Eugene Terre'Blanche, a certain kind of shirt has come to stand for more.

Don't put a colour on crime, says Cele

Police chief Bheki Cele, ahead of the funeral of Eugene Terre'Blanche, urged South Africans to be colour-blind as they come to terms with crime.

An overwrought drama

After the polarising comments about Eugene Terre'Blanche's death, South Africans need to be guided by the Constitution.