South African Right-Wingers Found Guilty of Treason

All of the 20 suspects belonging to the extremist white 'Boeremag' (Boer Power) group have been convicted of treason for a botched 2002 coup involving a plan to kill former president Nelson Mandela. Sentencing proceedings in the decade-long trial continues.
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    The final Boeremag accused, bomb maker Kobus Pretorius, was convicted of high treason by the High Court in Pretoria on Monday. Read more »

White right-wingers descend to cells under a South African courtroom.

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